Running cost for the Beko BFBF30116SS
ENERGY STAR certifies the Beko BFBF30116SS at 355 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $67 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Beko BFBF30116SS against the category
That's 8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,447 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 $6/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Beko BFBF30216SS ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Beko BFBF30116SS. Beko BFBD30216SSL ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Beko makes 36 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 11 of 36 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BFBF2414SS at $54/yr, and its priciest, the BFSB3612XSS at $112/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Beko BFBF30116SS that long and it costs about $868 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Beko BFBF30116SS is already efficient for its category at $67/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Beko BFBF30116SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 355 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 2,447 of 4,704, the Beko BFBF30116SS 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.