Kenmore 7931 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Kenmore 7931 costs to run
The Kenmore 7931 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.
That $104 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 43.3% above it, ranking 3,778 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 $31/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 7931: Kenmore 6936 ($104/yr, 553 kWh/yr), then KitchenAid KBS19KC ($104/yr, 553 kWh/yr).
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Ranked 82 of Kenmore's 93 certified refrigerators, this sits between the 17764 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the 46-75625 ($140/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $104/year, the Kenmore 7931 adds up to about $1,352 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Kenmore 7931 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Kenmore 7931 already costs $104/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,778 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.