LG LF20C6330 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the LG LF20C6330
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LF20C6330 at 678 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $127 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG LF20C6330 against the category
That's 75.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,390 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 $55/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG LF20G6331 ($127/yr, 678 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LF20C6330. KitchenAid KRFC736S ($127/yr, 677 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 132 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 70 of 132 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the LK14S8000 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the LRMXS3006 at $150/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 LG LF20C6330 that long and it costs about $1,657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $127/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the LG LF20C6330 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.