LG SIGNATURE US26WBB92 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.