What the Café CDE06RP*N*** costs to run
The Café CDE06RP*N*** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 279 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $52 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 27.7% less, ranking 1,596 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 $20/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 Café CDE06RP*N***: Bosch B30IR905SP ($52/yr, 279 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RC472705 ($52/yr, 279 kWh/yr).
Within the Café lineup
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Café makes, the CDE06RP*N*** is the cheapest to run, $93/year less than Café's priciest, the CQE28DM*N***.
Café CDE06RP*N*** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Café CDE06RP*N*** that long and it costs about $682 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Café CDE06RP*N*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 279 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 1,596 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.