Running cost for the KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C
The KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C is certified by ENERGY STAR at 465 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $87 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.5% above it, ranking 3,323 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $15/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C: Frigidaire FRFN1801AF ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr), then KOOLMORE KM-RERFDSS-18C ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 19 of KOOLMORE's 26 certified refrigerators, this sits between the KM-OKS-OFRC-44SS ($50/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KM-RER36-SWPR ($111/yr, its priciest).
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 KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C that long and it costs about $1,136 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $87/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the KOOLMORE KM-RERFD**-18C ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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 465 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.