Running cost for the Kenmore 899.7133#32#
At 469 kWh/yr, the Kenmore 899.7133#32#'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kenmore 899.7133#32# against the category
That's 21.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,398 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 $16/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KitchenAid KB*S19KC* ($88/yr, 469 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kenmore 899.7133#32#. Kenmore 7133# ($88/yr, 469 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Kenmore makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 71 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kenmore 899.7133#32# that long and it costs about $1,146 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Kenmore 899.7133#32# 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 $88/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Kenmore 899.7133#32# is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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 469 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.