Cafe CCP06BPP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Cafe CCP06BPP: running cost
At 274 kWh/yr, the Cafe CCP06BPP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 29% less, ranking 1,502 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 $21/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 Cafe CCP06BPP: POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS ($51/yr, 273 kWh/yr), then Cafe CCR06BMP ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr).
Comparing Cafe's own models
Of the 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Cafe makes, the CCP06BPP is the cheapest to run, $91/year less than Cafe's priciest, the CVE28DP4NH.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CCP06BPP that long and it costs about $670 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Cafe CCP06BPP already costs $52/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 274 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,502 of 4,704, the Cafe CCP06BPP 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.