Dacor DRF42750 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Dacor DRF42750
The Dacor DRF42750 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 629 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $118 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 63% above it, ranking 4,189 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 $46/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 Dacor DRF42750: Dacor DRF42530 ($118/yr, 629 kWh/yr), then Continental Electric CE-FRF192 ($118/yr, 630 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 9 of Dacor's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the DRW24G7500 ($18/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DRS425300 ($148/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Dacor DRF42750 costs roughly $1,537 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Dacor DRF42750 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $118/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $118/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 629 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.