Marvel MLRE24-IS11A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Marvel MLRE24-IS11A: running cost
The Marvel MLRE24-IS11A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 219 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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 Marvel MLRE24-IS11A compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.3% less, ranking 715 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Marvel MLRE24-IS11A on that list: Marvel MLRE24-IS01A ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Marvel MLRE24-IS21A ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Marvel's own models
Ranked 34 of Marvel's 80 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MPD#24-G#1A ($24/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRFF236-SSK1A ($101/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Marvel MLRE24-IS11A that long and it costs about $535 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/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
Whether or not the Marvel MLRE24-IS11A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.