What the Magic Chef HMDR1000SE costs to run
At 297 kWh/yr, the Magic Chef HMDR1000SE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $56 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Magic Chef HMDR1000SE against the category
That's 23.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,714 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 $17/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Magic Chef HMDR1000ST ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Magic Chef HMDR1000SE. Magic Chef HMDR1000BE ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Magic Chef's own models
Magic Chef makes 121 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 68 of 121 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MCR16CHB at $39/yr, and its priciest, the MCBM920W1 at $70/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Magic Chef HMDR1000SE costs roughly $726 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Magic Chef HMDR1000SE is already efficient for its category at $56/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $56/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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 297 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.