Kenmore 46-75625 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Kenmore 46-75625: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kenmore 46-75625 at 743 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $140 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 92.5% above it, ranking 4,591 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 $67/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 Kenmore 46-75625: Kenmore 405.75625421 ($140/yr, 743 kWh/yr), then KUCHT KR900X ($140/yr, 743 kWh/yr).
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Of the 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Kenmore makes, the 46-75625 costs the most to run, $101/year more than Kenmore's cheapest, the 17764.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kenmore 46-75625 costs roughly $1,816 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Kenmore 46-75625 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 $140/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Kenmore 46-75625 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. 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.