What the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92* costs to run
At 762 kWh/yr, the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $143 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92* against the category
That's 97.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,656 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 $71/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Signature Kitchen Suite SKSSB4202* ($143/yr, 762 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92*. LG SRSXB2622* ($143/yr, 762 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the LG SIGNATURE lineup
Among LG SIGNATURE's 4 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $25/year over the UM23BZH98*, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92* that long and it costs about $1,862 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $143/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 SIGNATURE US26WBB92* or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92* ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,656 of 4,704, the LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92* 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.