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Running cost for the Marvel MPRE424-IG31A

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$47/year at the national-average rate

The Marvel MPRE424-IG31A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 249 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.13per day
$3.90per month
249kWh per year, certified
$609over a 13-yr lifespan

That $47 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 35.5% less, ranking 1,118 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 $26/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 MPRE424-IG31A: Marvel MPBV424-SG31A ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr), then Marvel MPRE424-SG31A ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

Ranked 59 of Marvel's 80 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MP*D#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 MPRE424-IG31A that long and it costs about $609 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $47/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

$47/year to run is the predictable cost of the Marvel MPRE424-IG31A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

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 249 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.