Running cost for the BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMW
The BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 540 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $102 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 39.9% above it, ranking 3,667 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 $29/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 BRF1800GIMW: BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMS ($102/yr, 540 kWh/yr), then DECHEF DCR18FS5M16 ($102/yr, 540 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 22 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators BLACK+DECKER makes, the BRF1800GIMW costs the most to run, $55/year more than BLACK+DECKER's cheapest, the BUC1100XB.
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 BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMW that long and it costs about $1,320 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMW 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 $102/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The BLACK+DECKER BRF1800GIMW already costs $102/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
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.