What the LG LF26C6360* costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LF26C6360* at 699 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $131 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 81.1% above it, ranking 4,462 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 $59/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 LF26C6360*: LG LF26C6230* ($131/yr, 699 kWh/yr), then LG LF26WCH5H* ($131/yr, 699 kWh/yr).
Within the LG lineup
Ranked 85 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the LG LF26C6360* that long and it costs about $1,708 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The LG LF26C6360* 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 $131/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $131/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
At rank 4,462 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 699 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.