BLACK DECKER BR2400JS: running cost
The BLACK DECKER BR2400JS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 422 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $79 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 9.3% above it, ranking 3,010 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 $7/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 BLACK DECKER BR2400JS: BLACK DECKER BR2400JB ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr), then BLACK DECKER BR2400JW ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 13 of BLACK DECKER's 21 certified refrigerators, this sits between the BCRK17B ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the BR2400JIMW ($95/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $79/year, the BLACK DECKER BR2400JS adds up to about $1,031 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The BLACK DECKER BR2400JS 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 $79/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$79/year to run is the predictable cost of the BLACK DECKER BR2400JS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.