LG LF25G8330 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the LG LF25G8330 costs to run
The LG LF25G8330 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 737 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $139 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 90.9% above it, ranking 4,588 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 $66/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 LG LF25G8330: Whirlpool WRMF3736SZ ($138/yr, 733 kWh/yr), then Kenmore 405.7562#42# ($140/yr, 743 kWh/yr).
Within the LG lineup
Ranked 110 of LG's 132 certified refrigerators, this sits between the LK14S8000 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the LRMXS3006 ($150/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $139/year, the LG LF25G8330 adds up to about $1,801 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The LG LF25G8330 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $139/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the LG LF25G8330 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
Ranked 4,588 of 4,704, the LG LF25G8330 sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 737 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.