What the Marvel MR**#18-**S#1A costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Marvel MR**#18-**S#1A at 227 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $43 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 41.2% less, ranking 848 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 $30/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 MR**#18-**S#1A: Marvel MR**#18-**G#1A ($43/yr, 227 kWh/yr), then Marvel MR**#24-**D#1A ($43/yr, 227 kWh/yr).
Within the Marvel lineup
Ranked 47 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Marvel MR**#18-**S#1A costs roughly $555 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $43/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 MR**#18-**S#1A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 848 of 4,704, the Marvel MR**#18-**S#1A sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 227 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.