What the Hisense BCD-740WP/HC costs to run
At 628 kWh/yr, the Hisense BCD-740WP/HC's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $118 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 62.7% above it, ranking 4,183 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 $45/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 Hisense BCD-740WP/HC: BRAMA BR2660IFDRSS ($118/yr, 628 kWh/yr), then Hisense BCD-740WPZR/HC ($118/yr, 628 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 82 of Hisense's 90 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HWS054N6SS ($30/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF303D3FSEI ($140/yr, its priciest).
Hisense BCD-740WP/HC over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Hisense BCD-740WP/HC costs roughly $1,535 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Hisense BCD-740WP/HC 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 $118/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$118/year to run is the predictable cost of the Hisense BCD-740WP/HC; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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 628 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.