What the KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** costs to run
At 599 kWh/yr, the KitchenAid KBBR206EPA**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $113 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.
How the KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 55.2% above it, ranking 4,077 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $40/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** on that list: KitchenAid KBBL306ESS** ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while KitchenAid KBBR206ESS** ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 55 of KitchenAid's 100 certified refrigerators, this sits between the KUDR204KPA** ($51/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KSSC48QVS** ($151/yr, its priciest).
KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** that long and it costs about $1,464 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $113/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The KitchenAid KBBR206EPA** already costs $113/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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 599 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.