LG LH29S8565 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
LG LH29S8565: running cost
The LG LH29S8565 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 785 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $148 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.
How the LG LH29S8565 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 103.4% above it, ranking 4,687 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $75/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the LG LH29S8565 on that list: LG LF29S9775 ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG LM29VSP7C ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 128 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 LH29S8565 that long and it costs about $1,919 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The LG LH29S8565 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 $148/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $148/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,687 of 4,704, the LG LH29S8565 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.