What the Kenmore 6936* costs to run
The Kenmore 6936* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 553 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $104 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kenmore 6936* against the category
That's 43.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,777 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 $31/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Kenmore 7931*** ($104/yr, 553 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kenmore 6936*. Kenmore 6935* ($104/yr, 553 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Kenmore makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 81 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 17764 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the 46-75625 at $140/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kenmore 6936* costs roughly $1,352 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Kenmore 6936* 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 $104/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Kenmore 6936* ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 553 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.