Ikea 20462151 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.