Insignia NS-RBM180-C Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Insignia NS-RBM180-C costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Insignia NS-RBM180-C at 466 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Insignia NS-RBM180-C against the category
That's 20.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,360 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Insignia NS-RBM18SS0 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Insignia NS-RBM180-C. Insignia NS-RBM18 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Insignia makes 92 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 89 of 92 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the NS-WC14SS3 at $23/yr, and its priciest, the NS-RBM18WH0-C at $88/yr.
Insignia NS-RBM180-C over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Insignia NS-RBM180-C that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $88/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Insignia NS-RBM180-C is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,360 of 4,704, the Insignia NS-RBM180-C 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 466 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.