Running cost for the Marathon MAR86BLS
ENERGY STAR certifies the Marathon MAR86BLS at 235 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $44 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.
How the Marathon MAR86BLS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 39.1% less, ranking 967 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $28/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Marathon MAR86BLS on that list: EuroDesign EDR085S ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Marathon MAR86W ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Marathon lineup
Ranked 14 of Marathon's 57 certified refrigerators, this sits between the M4-100BLS ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MFF208WFD-2 ($87/yr, its priciest).
Marathon MAR86BLS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Marathon MAR86BLS that long and it costs about $574 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $44/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
$44/year to run is the predictable cost of the Marathon MAR86BLS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.