KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS costs to run
At 397 kWh/yr, the KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS against the category
That's 2.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,913 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 $2/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marathon MFF115 ($75/yr, 397 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS. FULGOR MILANO FM4FBM24SS1 ($75/yr, 397 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
KitchenAid makes 100 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 16 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS costs roughly $970 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS is already efficient for its category at $75/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the KitchenAid KBWG11NCSS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 397 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.