BANGSON US-BSR-004: running cost
The BANGSON US-BSR-004 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 206 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $39 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 46.6% less, ranking 323 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 $34/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 BANGSON US-BSR-004: BANGSON US-BSR-003 ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr), then BANGSON US-BSR-005 ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr).
Within the BANGSON lineup
Ranked 2 of BANGSON's 53 certified refrigerators, this sits between the US-BSR-003 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US-BSR-309 ($61/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BANGSON US-BSR-004 that long and it costs about $503 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/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
The BANGSON US-BSR-004 already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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. At rank 323 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.