KitchenAid KRFF305E Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the KitchenAid KRFF305E
At 615 kWh/yr, the KitchenAid KRFF305E's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $116 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
KitchenAid KRFF305E against the category
That's 59.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,146 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 $43/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Maytag MFF2558FE ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the KitchenAid KRFF305E. KitchenAid KRFF136SP ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the KitchenAid lineup
KitchenAid makes 100 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 64 of 100 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the KUDR204KPA at $51/yr, and its priciest, the KSSC48QVS at $151/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the KitchenAid KRFF305E that long and it costs about $1,503 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $116/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the KitchenAid KRFF305E 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 615 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.