Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB costs to run
The Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB is certified by ENERGY STAR at 227 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $43 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.
How the Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.2% less, ranking 840 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB on that list: Vida by Paderno 043-1504-4 ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE GME04GGK ($43/yr, 227 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Commercial Cool's 21 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCUK12W ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CCR2000GIMW ($88/yr, its priciest).
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 Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB that long and it costs about $555 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $43/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
Whether or not the Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 227 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 840 of 4,704, the Commercial Cool CCRR4ALB 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.