ILVE URFC36SNWPRY Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the ILVE URFC36SNWPRY
At 345 kWh/yr, the ILVE URFC36SNWPRY's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ILVE URFC36SNWPRY against the category
That's 10.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,357 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KUCHT KR360TR ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ILVE URFC36SNWPRY. Hotpoint HPE16BTN ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the ILVE lineup
ILVE sells 5 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $46/year under the URFD36SIWPRY, its priciest.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ILVE URFC36SNWPRY costs roughly $843 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The ILVE URFC36SNWPRY is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The ILVE URFC36SNWPRY already costs $65/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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 345 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.