Marvel MORE15-SS31A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Marvel MORE15-SS31A
The Marvel MORE15-SS31A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 192 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $36 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Marvel MORE15-SS31A against the category
That's 50.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 214 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 $36/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire EFR376-B-CORAL ($36/yr, 193 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Marvel MORE15-SS31A. Marvel MLWC15-SS01A ($36/yr, 192 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Marvel makes 80 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 of 80 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MPD#24-G#1A at $24/yr, and its priciest, the MRFF236-SSK1A at $101/yr.
Marvel MORE15-SS31A 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 MORE15-SS31A that long and it costs about $469 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Marvel MORE15-SS31A is already efficient for its category at $36/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Marvel MORE15-SS31A already costs $36/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 192 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.