Running cost for the Ikea 20462151*
ENERGY STAR certifies the Ikea 20462151* at 660 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $124 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 71% above it, ranking 4,334 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 $52/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 Ikea 20462151*: Frigidaire LFHD2251T* ($124/yr, 660 kWh/yr), then KitchenAid KRMF336SPS ($124/yr, 661 kWh/yr).
Within the Ikea lineup
Ranked 20 of Ikea's 24 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HS-65LN(NA) TILLREDA N ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the IX7DDEXGZ* ($129/yr, its priciest).
Ikea 20462151* over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Ikea 20462151* that long and it costs about $1,613 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Ikea 20462151* 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 $124/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $124/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 660 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 4,334 of 4,704, the Ikea 20462151* 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.