AVIVA ARBM187**: running cost
At 466 kWh/yr, the AVIVA ARBM187**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $88 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.7% above it, ranking 3,343 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 $15/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 AVIVA ARBM187**: ARTT ATBM19 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr), then AVIVA ARBM188*E4 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr).
Within the AVIVA lineup
Ranked 6 of AVIVA's 10 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ARTM142** ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARBM188*E4 ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the AVIVA ARBM187** costs roughly $1,139 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $88/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $88/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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.