Criterion 18TMF-B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Criterion 18TMF-B costs to run
At 363 kWh/yr, the Criterion 18TMF-B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $68 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Criterion 18TMF-B against the category
That's 6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,581 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 $4/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Criterion 18TMF-SS ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Criterion 18TMF-B. AVG RDTM181WE ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Criterion lineup
Criterion makes 49 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 22 of 49 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCR17CE1B at $39/yr, and its priciest, the CFDR286M4 at $147/yr.
Criterion 18TMF-B over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Criterion 18TMF-B that long and it costs about $887 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Criterion 18TMF-B is already efficient for its category at $68/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Criterion 18TMF-B is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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 363 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.