Kenmore 896.61342420 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Kenmore 896.61342420
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kenmore 896.61342420 at 367 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $69 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 4.9% less, ranking 2,665 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 $4/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 896.61342420: Hisense RT18N3E ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr), then Kenmore KKTMR30X18.1-B ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr).
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Ranked 42 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).
Kenmore 896.61342420 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kenmore 896.61342420 that long and it costs about $897 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Kenmore 896.61342420 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 367 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 2,665 of 4,704, the Kenmore 896.61342420 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.