Conservator GRLH181AW: running cost
At 365 kWh/yr, the Conservator GRLH181AW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $69 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 5.4% less, ranking 2,618 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 $4/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 Conservator GRLH181AW: Avanti AVFF18DLJ#** ($69/yr, 365 kWh/yr), then GE GTE18MSR**** ($69/yr, 365 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of Conservator's 11 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VNRV143AD ($62/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GRMH185A* ($69/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 Conservator GRLH181AW that long and it costs about $892 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/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
The Conservator GRLH181AW already costs $69/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 365 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 2,618 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.