What the MADE4 SUPPLY 1814811 costs to run
The MADE4 SUPPLY 1814811 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 228 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $43 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 40.9% less, ranking 894 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 $30/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 MADE4 SUPPLY 1814811: Kenmore KMR43MBKE ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr), then Magic Chef HMBR440BE ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr).
Within the MADE4 SUPPLY lineup
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators MADE4 SUPPLY makes, the 1814811 is the cheapest to run, $19/year less than MADE4 SUPPLY's priciest, the 1814810.
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 MADE4 SUPPLY 1814811 that long and it costs about $557 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $43/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$43/year to run is the predictable cost of the MADE4 SUPPLY 1814811; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 228 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.