Running cost for the Beko BFBF2815SSIM
At 420 kWh/yr, the Beko BFBF2815SSIM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $79 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 8.8% above it, ranking 2,992 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 BFBF2815SSIM: Avanti AFS157LSS ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr), then Blomberg BRFB1312FBI ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 17 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 BFBF2815SSIM over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $79/year, the Beko BFBF2815SSIM adds up to about $1,026 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Beko BFBF2815SSIM runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $79/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$79/year to run is the predictable cost of the Beko BFBF2815SSIM; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. Ranked 2,992 of 4,704, the Beko BFBF2815SSIM 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.