What the AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A costs to run
At 105 kWh/yr, the AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $20 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 72.8% less, ranking 28 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $53/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A on that list: Smeg SBIWU320XE ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while AVALLON AWC15PS2A2A ($20/yr, 105 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the AVALLON lineup
Ranked 7 of AVALLON's 33 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AWC15PG1A2A ($18/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ADDR242SS ($52/yr, its priciest).
AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the AVALLON AWC15PG2A2A that long and it costs about $257 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $20/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $20/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.