Criterion 453-8145 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Criterion 453-8145
The Criterion 453-8145 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 363 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $68 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Criterion 453-8145 against the category
That's 6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,586 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
Crown CRNREF18BK ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Criterion 453-8145. Criterion 453-8144 ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Criterion's own models
Criterion makes 49 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 27 of 49 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCR17CE1B at $39/yr, and its priciest, the CFDR286M4 at $147/yr.
Criterion 453-8145 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $68/year, the Criterion 453-8145 adds up to about $887 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Criterion 453-8145 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Criterion 453-8145 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,586 of 4,704, the Criterion 453-8145 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.