What the Bosch B36CL80EN* costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch B36CL80EN* at 568 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $107 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch B36CL80EN* against the category
That's 47.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,855 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 $34/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bosch B36CL80SN* ($107/yr, 568 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch B36CL80EN*. VIKING RANGE LLC RVFFR336SS ($106/yr, 566 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Bosch lineup
Bosch makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36CL80EN* that long and it costs about $1,388 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch B36CL80EN* 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 $107/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $107/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 568 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,855 of 4,704, the Bosch B36CL80EN* 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.