What the Haier QHE16HYP**** costs to run
The Haier QHE16HYP**** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 536 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $101 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 38.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,626 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $28/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Liebherr MCB 3661 ($101/yr, 535 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Bosch B33CM10SNS ($101/yr, 537 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Haier makes 5 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 4 of 5 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HRB15N3B** at $80/yr, and its priciest, the QNE27JYM**** at $119/yr.
Haier QHE16HYP**** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Haier QHE16HYP**** that long and it costs about $1,310 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Haier QHE16HYP**** 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 $101/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $101/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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 536 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.