BENESSI BKR36P: running cost
The BENESSI BKR36P is certified by ENERGY STAR at 345 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $65 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 10.6% less, ranking 2,329 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 $8/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 BENESSI BKR36P: Avanti RA75V** ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr), then Bertazzoni REF36RCBPNP ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr).
Within the BENESSI lineup
The BENESSI BKR36P is the only refrigerator from BENESSI that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
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 BENESSI BKR36P that long and it costs about $843 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $65/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$65/year to run is the predictable cost of the BENESSI BKR36P; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 345 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 2,329 of 4,704, the BENESSI BKR36P 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.