Criterion 4538148-18 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Criterion 4538148-18 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Criterion 4538148-18 at 450 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Criterion 4538148-18 against the category
That's 16.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,177 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 $12/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Criterion CTMR180H1B ($85/yr, 450 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Criterion 4538148-18. Criterion 4538147-18 ($85/yr, 450 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Criterion lineup
Criterion makes 49 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 38 of 49 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCR17CE1B at $39/yr, and its priciest, the CFDR286M4 at $147/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 Criterion 4538148-18 that long and it costs about $1,100 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $85/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$85/year to run is the predictable cost of the Criterion 4538148-18; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,177 of 4,704, the Criterion 4538148-18 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.