KitchenAid KBBR206ESS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the KitchenAid KBBR206ESS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the KitchenAid KBBR206ESS at 599 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
KitchenAid KBBR206ESS against the category
That's 55.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,078 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 $40/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KitchenAid KBBR306ESS ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the KitchenAid KBBR206ESS. KitchenAid KBBR206EPA ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the KitchenAid lineup
KitchenAid makes 100 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 56 of 100 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the KUDR204KPA at $51/yr, and its priciest, the KSSC48QVS at $151/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the KitchenAid KBBR206ESS that long and it costs about $1,464 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The KitchenAid KBBR206ESS 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 $113/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$113/year to run is the predictable cost of the KitchenAid KBBR206ESS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 4,078 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.