What the Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXRT costs to run
The Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXRT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 550 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 42.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,737 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $31/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXLT ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Criterion CBMR187M4* ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr).
Within the Bertazzoni lineup
Bertazzoni makes 31 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 20 of 31 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the REF24RCBPNV at $55/yr, and its priciest, the REF36FDFZXNT at $124/yr.
Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXRT over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXRT that long and it costs about $1,344 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Bertazzoni REF36BMBIXRT 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 $103/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $103/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
At rank 3,737 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. The 550 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.