What the Beko BFBF30216SSIML costs to run
The Beko BFBF30216SSIML 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 3,103 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 BFBF30216SSIML: Beko BFBF30216SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr), then Blomberg BRFB21622SS ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr).
Comparing Beko's own models
Ranked 23 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 BFBF30216SSIML 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 BFBF30216SSIML 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 BFBF30216SSIML 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Beko BFBF30216SSIML already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 3,103 of 4,704, the Beko BFBF30216SSIML 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 438 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.