Bosch B09IB91NS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Bosch B09IB91NS: running cost
The Bosch B09IB91NS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 388 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $73 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch B09IB91NS against the category
That's 0.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,816 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 $0/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Gaggenau RB282705 ($73/yr, 388 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch B09IB91NS. Smeg CB300U ($73/yr, 387 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Bosch makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 4 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the B30IR905SP at $52/yr, and its priciest, the B36FD52SN at $132/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $73/year, the Bosch B09IB91NS adds up to about $948 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Bosch B09IB91NS is already efficient for its category at $73/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Bosch B09IB91NS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 2,816 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 388 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.