What the AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH costs to run
The AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH is certified by ENERGY STAR at 157 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $30 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 59.3% less, ranking 144 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $43/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH: Zephyr PRW24C32CG ($29/yr, 156 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire GRWE5726AS ($30/yr, 157 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 16 of AVALLON's 33 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AWC15PG1A2A ($18/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ADDR242SS ($52/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $30/year, the AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH adds up to about $384 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $30/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
A refrigerator like the AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
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. The 157 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.