LG LL31H6530 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
LG LL31H6530: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LL31H6530 at 755 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $142 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 95.6% above it, ranking 4,619 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 $69/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 LL31H6530: LG LF31WSH63 ($142/yr, 755 kWh/yr), then LG LRFXS3106 ($142/yr, 755 kWh/yr).
Comparing LG's own models
Ranked 114 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 LL31H6530 that long and it costs about $1,845 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $142/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the LG LL31H6530 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the LG LL31H6530 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
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. The 755 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.