Moffat MNE18DYTNFS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Moffat MNE18DYTNFS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Moffat MNE18DYTNFS at 549 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $103 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.2% above it, ranking 3,724 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 $31/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 Moffat MNE18DYTNFS: Moffat MNE18D ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr), then OMNImax 3750-077 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 24 of Moffat's 29 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MPE12F ($58/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MYE22HYPKFS ($124/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Moffat MNE18DYTNFS costs roughly $1,342 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Moffat MNE18DYTNFS runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $103/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $103/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 549 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.