Crown CRNREF18BK Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Crown CRNREF18BK costs to run
At 363 kWh/yr, the Crown CRNREF18BK's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $68 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 6% less, ranking 2,587 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 Crown CRNREF18BK: Criterion 453-8145 ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr), then Crown CRNREF18SS ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr).
Within the Crown lineup
Ranked 4 of Crown's 6 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CRNREF02WT ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CRNREF18WT ($68/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Crown CRNREF18BK costs roughly $887 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/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 Crown CRNREF18BK already costs $68/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.