ELEMENT ERBM19***: running cost
At 550 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT ERBM19***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $103 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.
How the ELEMENT ERBM19*** compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.5% above it, ranking 3,742 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the ELEMENT ERBM19*** on that list: Danby DBM187E1WDB ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while ELEMENT ERBM19CBS-CA ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 33 of ELEMENT's 34 certified refrigerators, this sits between the EUF14CE** ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ERBM19CBS-CA ($103/yr, its priciest).
ELEMENT ERBM19*** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ELEMENT ERBM19*** costs roughly $1,344 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The ELEMENT ERBM19*** 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 $103/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the ELEMENT ERBM19*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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. The 550 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.