Elica ER35FRB16IPR Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Elica ER35FRB16IPR
At 552 kWh/yr, the Elica ER35FRB16IPR's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $104 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 43% above it, ranking 3,769 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 $31/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 Elica ER35FRB16IPR: Bertazzoni REF35FDBZPN2V ($104/yr, 552 kWh/yr), then Forno FFRBI1811-36FR ($104/yr, 552 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of Elica's 11 certified refrigerators, this sits between the EC24SRN12IPR ($55/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ER36SRB191PR-R ($111/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Elica ER35FRB16IPR costs roughly $1,349 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Elica ER35FRB16IPR 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 $104/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Elica ER35FRB16IPR 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
Ranked 3,769 of 4,704, the Elica ER35FRB16IPR sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 552 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.