LG LF31T6230 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the LG LF31T6230 costs to run
The LG LF31T6230 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 755 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $142 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG LF31T6230 against the category
That's 95.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,617 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 $69/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG LF31WSH63 ($142/yr, 755 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LF31T6230. LG LF31S6360 ($142/yr, 755 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 132 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 112 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $142/year, the LG LF31T6230 adds up to about $1,845 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The LG LF31T6230 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 $142/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$142/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG LF31T6230; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,617 of 4,704, the LG LF31T6230 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 755 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.