Liebherr HCB 1590G Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Liebherr HCB 1590G costs to run
The Liebherr HCB 1590G is certified by ENERGY STAR at 530 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $100 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 37.3% above it, ranking 3,601 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 $27/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 Liebherr HCB 1590G: Liebherr HC 1581G ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr), then Liebherr HCB 1591G ($100/yr, 530 kWh/yr).
Within the Liebherr lineup
Ranked 56 of Liebherr's 75 certified refrigerators, this sits between the UW3710 ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FDBHC36S ($117/yr, its priciest).
Liebherr HCB 1590G over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Liebherr HCB 1590G costs roughly $1,295 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Liebherr HCB 1590G 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 $100/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Liebherr HCB 1590G already costs $100/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 3,601 of 4,704, the Liebherr HCB 1590G 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. The 530 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.