Running cost for the Avanti AVAR16F1B
The Avanti AVAR16F1B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 247 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $46 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 36% less, ranking 1,091 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 $26/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 Avanti AVAR16F1B: Avanti AVAR16F0W ($46/yr, 247 kWh/yr), then Avanti AVAR16F3S ($46/yr, 247 kWh/yr).
Comparing Avanti's own models
Ranked 19 of Avanti's 68 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RMRS31X**-IS ($32/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FFFD22IWR3S ($111/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Avanti AVAR16F1B that long and it costs about $604 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$46/year to run is the predictable cost of the Avanti AVAR16F1B; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 247 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.