Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS: running cost
At 458 kWh/yr, the Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $86 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 18.7% above it, ranking 3,270 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 $14/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 KKFDR32.3X20-SS: Hisense RB18A2CSE ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr), then Sub-Zero ID-30CI ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 61 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 $86/year, the Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS adds up to about $1,119 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS 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 $86/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$86/year to run is the predictable cost of the Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 3,270 of 4,704, the Kenmore KKFDR32.3X20-SS 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. The 458 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.