Kegco MDK-199B- Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Kegco MDK-199B-
The Kegco MDK-199B- is certified by ENERGY STAR at 270 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $51 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.1% less, ranking 1,462 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 $22/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 Kegco MDK-199B-: Insignia NS-CF31TM26L ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr), then Kegco MDK-199SS- ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Kegco makes, the MDK-199B- is the cheapest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, less than Kegco's priciest, the MDK-199SS-.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $51/year, the Kegco MDK-199B- adds up to about $660 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Kegco MDK-199B- ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,462 of 4,704, the Kegco MDK-199B- 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.