What the BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 costs to run
The BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 326 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $61 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 against the category
That's 15.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,072 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 $11/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BANGSON US-BSR-300-2 ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-300-1. BANGSON US-BSR-300 ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing BANGSON's own models
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 37 of 53 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the US-BSR-003 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the US-BSR-309 at $61/yr.
BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 that long and it costs about $797 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 is already efficient for its category at $61/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$61/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-300-1; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,072 of 4,704, the BANGSON US-BSR-300-1 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 326 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.