Running cost for the Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428
ENERGY STAR certifies the Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428 at 235 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $44 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 39.1% less, ranking 962 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 $28/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 Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428: Ca’Lefort CLF-WD428 ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr), then DOMETIC DE15F ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr).
Comparing Ca’Lefort's own models
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Ca’Lefort makes, the CLF-WS428 costs the most to run, $7/year more than Ca’Lefort's cheapest, the CLF-WD275.
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 Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428 that long and it costs about $574 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $44/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $44/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 962 of 4,704, the Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428 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. The 235 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.