Running cost for the Black & Decker BUFK12W
ENERGY STAR certifies the Black & Decker BUFK12W at 219 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 43.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 690 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 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 Whirlpool WHR33MBKE ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BLACK DECKER BCRK32B ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr).
Within the Black & Decker lineup
The Black & Decker BUFK12W is the only refrigerator from Black & Decker that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
Black & Decker BUFK12W 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 BUFK12W that long and it costs about $535 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Black & Decker BUFK12W is already efficient for its category at $41/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
Whether or not the Black & Decker BUFK12W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 690 of 4,704, the Black & Decker BUFK12W 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.