What the Comfee CERM44B0AIX costs to run
At 269 kWh/yr, the Comfee CERM44B0AIX's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Comfee CERM44B0AIX against the category
That's 30.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,404 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 $22/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Comfee CRM44S3ABB ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Comfee CERM44B0AIX. Avanti AR4456SS ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Comfee lineup
Comfee makes 26 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 19 of 26 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CERV113B0A** at $25/yr, and its priciest, the CERT07B0AST at $65/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 Comfee CERM44B0AIX that long and it costs about $657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Comfee CERM44B0AIX is already efficient for its category at $51/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $51/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 269 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.