Bosch B36CT81EN*: running cost
At 570 kWh/yr, the Bosch B36CT81EN*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $107 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 47.7% above it, ranking 3,875 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 $35/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 Bosch B36CT81EN*: Bosch B36CT80SN* ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr), then Bosch B36CT81SN* ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 16 of Bosch's 38 certified refrigerators, this sits between the B30IR905SP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the B36FD52SN* ($132/yr, its priciest).
Bosch B36CT81EN* over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36CT81EN* that long and it costs about $1,393 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $107/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$107/year to run is the predictable cost of the Bosch B36CT81EN*; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 570 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,875 of 4,704, the Bosch B36CT81EN* 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.