Blomberg BRFB1322FBI Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Blomberg BRFB1322FBI: running cost
At 515 kWh/yr, the Blomberg BRFB1322FBI's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $97 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 33.4% above it, ranking 3,571 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 $24/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 Blomberg BRFB1322FBI: Beko BBBF2813IM ($97/yr, 515 kWh/yr), then LG LF21C6000 ($97/yr, 515 kWh/yr).
Within the Blomberg lineup
Ranked 15 of Blomberg's 21 certified refrigerators, this sits between the BRFB1045SS ($54/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the BRFD2230XSS2 ($106/yr, its priciest).
Blomberg BRFB1322FBI over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Blomberg BRFB1322FBI costs roughly $1,259 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Blomberg BRFB1322FBI 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 $97/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Blomberg BRFB1322FBI ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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. The 515 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.