Beko BFBD30216SSL: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Beko BFBD30216SSL at 355 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $67 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 8% less, ranking 2,446 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 $6/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 Beko BFBD30216SSL: Beko BFBD30216SS ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr), then Beko BFBF30116SS ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of Beko's 36 certified refrigerators, this sits between the BFBF2414SS ($54/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the BFSB3612XSS ($112/yr, its priciest).
Beko BFBD30216SSL over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Beko BFBD30216SSL that long and it costs about $868 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $67/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $67/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 2,446 of 4,704, the Beko BFBD30216SSL 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 355 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.