What the Marathon MAR32BLS costs to run
The Marathon MAR32BLS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 259 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Marathon MAR32BLS against the category
That's 32.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,264 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
MAXXIMUM MAXR24SS, MAXR24OD ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Marathon MAR32BLS. Magic Chef MCAR32WE ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Marathon lineup
Marathon makes 57 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 18 of 57 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the M4-100BLS at $25/yr, and its priciest, the MFF208WFD-2 at $87/yr.
Marathon MAR32BLS over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Marathon MAR32BLS costs roughly $633 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Marathon MAR32BLS is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Marathon MAR32BLS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 259 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.