What the AVG ARBM172SE costs to run
The AVG ARBM172SE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 451 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
AVG ARBM172SE against the category
That's 16.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,190 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $12/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
AVG ARBM172WE ($85/yr, 451 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the AVG ARBM172SE. AVG ARBM172BSE ($85/yr, 451 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the AVG lineup
AVG makes 7 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 7 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RDTM181SE at $68/yr, and its priciest, the ARBM171DSE at $85/yr.
AVG ARBM172SE over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the AVG ARBM172SE costs roughly $1,102 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $85/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the AVG ARBM172SE or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The AVG ARBM172SE already costs $85/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,190 of 4,704, the AVG ARBM172SE sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 451 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.