Running cost for the Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771
The Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 435 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $82 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 Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 12.7% above it, ranking 3,071 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $9/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 on that list: Hamilton Beach HBF1770 ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Hamilton Beach HBF1772 ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 23 of Hamilton Beach's 33 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HBFR115-AMZ-BLACK-6COM ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HBF2067/HZ7602 ($87/yr, its priciest).
Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 that long and it costs about $1,063 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 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 $82/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Hamilton Beach HBF1770/HZ0771 already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 435 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.