What the KOOLATRON KBC-88B costs to run
At 220 kWh/yr, the KOOLATRON KBC-88B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 43% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 764 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 $31/year under 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 Kenmore 9969*61* ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is KOOLATRON KBC-88W ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr).
Within the KOOLATRON lineup
KOOLATRON makes 10 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 3 of 10 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the KBC-46SS at $39/yr, and its priciest, the KTTMR30X18.1-SSL at $69/yr.
KOOLATRON KBC-88B over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the KOOLATRON KBC-88B adds up to about $538 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The KOOLATRON KBC-88B is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The KOOLATRON KBC-88B already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.