Gaggenau RW204770: running cost
At 100 kWh/yr, the Gaggenau RW204770's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $19 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Gaggenau RW204770 against the category
That's 74.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 21 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 $54/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Liebherr UW3710 ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Gaggenau RW204770. AVALLON AWC24SG1A2A ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Gaggenau sells 27 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $94/year under the RVY497790, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $19/year, the Gaggenau RW204770 adds up to about $244 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Gaggenau RW204770 is already efficient for its category at $19/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Gaggenau RW204770 already costs $19/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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.