Marvel MLWC15-SG01A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Marvel MLWC15-SG01A costs to run
The Marvel MLWC15-SG01A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 209 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $39 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 45.9% less, ranking 478 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 $33/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 Marvel MLWC15-SG01A: Marvel MLWC15-IG01A ($39/yr, 209 kWh/yr), then Marvel MORE15-SS01A ($39/yr, 209 kWh/yr).
Comparing Marvel's own models
Ranked 25 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).
Marvel MLWC15-SG01A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Marvel MLWC15-SG01A that long and it costs about $511 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $39/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 209 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.