What the Dacor DRS425300** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Dacor DRS425300** at 785 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $148 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Dacor DRS425300** against the category
That's 103.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,677 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 $75/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG LF29H8330* ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Dacor DRS425300**. Midea MRF29D9B** ($147/yr, 782 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among Dacor's 15 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $130/year over the DRW24G7500**, the brand's cheapest.
Dacor DRS425300** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Dacor DRS425300** that long and it costs about $1,919 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Dacor DRS425300** 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 $148/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Dacor DRS425300** 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. 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.