Hisense RB12A2CE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Hisense RB12A2CE: running cost
At 391 kWh/yr, the Hisense RB12A2CE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $74 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 1.3% above it, ranking 2,855 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 $1/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 RB12A2CE: Hisense RB11N6CE ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr), then Mora RB110N3AEM ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 34 of Hisense's 90 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HWS054N6SS ($30/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF303D3FSEI ($140/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $74/year, the Hisense RB12A2CE adds up to about $956 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Hisense RB12A2CE already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 2,855 of 4,704, the Hisense RB12A2CE sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 391 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.