Gorenje WCN311942G Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Gorenje WCN311942G costs to run
The Gorenje WCN311942G is certified by ENERGY STAR at 199 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $37 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 Gorenje WCN311942G compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 48.4% less, ranking 264 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $35/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Gorenje WCN311942G on that list: EcoMax EF-32199-B-2 ($37/yr, 199 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Gorenje WCN311942GWCN311942G ($37/yr, 199 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Gorenje's own models
Ranked 2 of Gorenje's 6 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VCS5297TPGVCS5297TPG ($30/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HZF3567SED ($71/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Gorenje WCN311942G that long and it costs about $486 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $37/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Gorenje WCN311942G 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 199 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.