Running cost for the Beko BFBF30116WHIM
The Beko BFBF30116WHIM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $82 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 13.5% above it, ranking 3,101 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 $10/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 BFBF30116WHIM: Beko BFBF30116SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), then Beko BFBF30216SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Within the Beko lineup
Ranked 21 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 BFBF30116WHIM 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 BFBF30116WHIM that long and it costs about $1,070 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Beko BFBF30116WHIM 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 $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Beko BFBF30116WHIM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 3,101 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.