Dacor DRW24G7500 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Dacor DRW24G7500
At 95 kWh/yr, the Dacor DRW24G7500's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $18 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 75.4% less, ranking 10 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 $55/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 DRW24G7500: AVALLON AWC15SG1A2A ($18/yr, 95 kWh/yr), then Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr).
Within the Dacor lineup
Of the 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Dacor makes, the DRW24G7500 is the cheapest to run, $130/year less than Dacor's priciest, the DRS425300.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $18/year, the Dacor DRW24G7500 adds up to about $232 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $18/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
Whether or not the Dacor DRW24G7500 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 10 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 95 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.