What the Liebherr MRB 3010 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Liebherr MRB 3010 at 245 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $46 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.5% less, ranking 1,025 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 MRB 3010: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24T*1-5-**** ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr), then Liebherr MRB3000 ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 25 of Liebherr's 75 certified refrigerators, this sits between the UW3710 ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FDBHC36S ($117/yr, its priciest).
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 Liebherr MRB 3010 that long and it costs about $599 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Liebherr MRB 3010 already costs $46/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 1,025 of 4,704, the Liebherr MRB 3010 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 245 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.