Marvel MORE*15-SS01A: running cost
At 209 kWh/yr, the Marvel MORE*15-SS01A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Marvel MORE*15-SS01A against the category
That's 45.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 479 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 $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marvel MPBV415-IG31A ($39/yr, 209 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Marvel MORE*15-SS01A. Marvel MLWC*15-SG01A ($39/yr, 209 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Marvel lineup
Marvel makes 80 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 26 of 80 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MP*D#24-*G#1A at $24/yr, and its priciest, the MRFF236-SSK1A at $101/yr.
Marvel MORE*15-SS01A 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 MORE*15-SS01A that long and it costs about $511 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Marvel MORE*15-SS01A is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$39/year to run is the predictable cost of the Marvel MORE*15-SS01A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 209 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.