LG LRYKC2606 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
LG LRYKC2606: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LRYKC2606 at 699 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $131 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG LRYKC2606 against the category
That's 81.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,469 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 $59/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG LRYXC2606 ($131/yr, 699 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LRYKC2606. LG LRRXC2606 ($131/yr, 699 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
LG makes 132 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 92 of 132 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the LK14S8000 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the LRMXS3006 at $150/yr.
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 LRYKC2606 that long and it costs about $1,708 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The LG LRYKC2606 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.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the LG LRYKC2606 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 4,469 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.