What the Mini Bar LSC72N costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Mini Bar LSC72N at 253 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $48 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Mini Bar LSC72N against the category
That's 34.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,175 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 $25/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
roomwell REFNFR2600 ($48/yr, 253 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Mini Bar LSC72N. Mini Bar BC70N ($48/yr, 253 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Mini Bar's own models
Among Mini Bar's 6 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $2/year over the BC29, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $48/year, the Mini Bar LSC72N adds up to about $618 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Mini Bar LSC72N is already efficient for its category at $48/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
The Mini Bar LSC72N already costs $48/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.