What the Bosch B26FT50SNS costs to run
The Bosch B26FT50SNS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 693 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $130 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 79.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,442 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 $58/year over 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 Mora MRM260N6T*EW ($130/yr, 692 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung RF30BB6900** ($130/yr, 693 kWh/yr).
Within the Bosch lineup
Bosch makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 32 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Bosch B26FT50SNS costs roughly $1,694 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch B26FT50SNS 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 $130/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Bosch B26FT50SNS 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
At rank 4,442 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 693 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.