Running cost for the Blomberg BRFB1542SS
At 420 kWh/yr, the Blomberg BRFB1542SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $79 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Blomberg BRFB1542SS against the category
That's 8.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,994 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $6/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Forno FFRBI1805-33BLK ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Blomberg BRFB1542SS. Blomberg BRFB1312FBI ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Blomberg's own models
Blomberg makes 21 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 of 21 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BRFB1045SS at $54/yr, and its priciest, the BRFD2230XSS2 at $106/yr.
Blomberg BRFB1542SS over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Blomberg BRFB1542SS costs roughly $1,026 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $79/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Blomberg BRFB1542SS or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Blomberg BRFB1542SS already costs $79/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
At rank 2,994 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 420 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.