Jenn Air JBSS42E22 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Jenn Air JBSS42E22: running cost
The Jenn Air JBSS42E22 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 753 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $142 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 95.1% above it, ranking 4,612 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 $69/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 Jenn Air JBSS42E22: KitchenAid KSSC42QVS ($141/yr, 752 kWh/yr), then Jenn Air JBSSNE42PL ($142/yr, 753 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 6 of Jenn Air's 9 certified refrigerators, this sits between the JUGF242H ($44/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the JBSSNE48PL ($151/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Jenn Air JBSS42E22 that long and it costs about $1,840 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $142/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Jenn Air JBSS42E22 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Jenn Air JBSS42E22 already costs $142/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 4,612 of 4,704, the Jenn Air JBSS42E22 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 753 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.