What the Crosley ARXH443UW costs to run
At 268 kWh/yr, the Crosley ARXH443UW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $50 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 30.6% less, ranking 1,382 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 $22/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 Crosley ARXH443UW: Crosley ARX443UW ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr), then Danby DAR044A6* ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr).
Comparing Crosley's own models
Ranked 7 of Crosley's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ARX443UW ($42/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CFEH2868A* ($136/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Crosley ARXH443UW that long and it costs about $655 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$50/year to run is the predictable cost of the Crosley ARXH443UW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,382 of 4,704, the Crosley ARXH443UW 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.