What the BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS costs to run
At 270 kWh/yr, the BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 30.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,442 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 $22/year under 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 BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XB ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XW ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Comparing BLACK+DECKER's own models
BLACK+DECKER makes 22 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 22 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BUC1100XB at $47/yr, and its priciest, the BRF1800GIMW at $102/yr.
BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS that long and it costs about $660 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS is already efficient for its category at $51/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS already costs $51/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 1,442 of 4,704, the BLACK+DECKER BUC1400XS 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 270 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.