KitchenAid KBFN542T Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the KitchenAid KBFN542T costs to run
The KitchenAid KBFN542T is certified by ENERGY STAR at 633 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $119 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 64% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,232 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $46/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is KitchenAid KBFN542S ($119/yr, 633 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Dacor DRF36C700 ($119/yr, 634 kWh/yr).
Within the KitchenAid lineup
KitchenAid makes 100 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 71 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $119/year, the KitchenAid KBFN542T adds up to about $1,547 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The KitchenAid KBFN542T 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 $119/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the KitchenAid KBFN542T ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.