What the Moffat MTE18HTKRWW* costs to run
At 362 kWh/yr, the Moffat MTE18HTKRWW*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $68 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 6.2% less, ranking 2,561 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 $5/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 MTE18HTKRWW*: Moffat MTE18HTKBB* ($68/yr, 362 kWh/yr), then SANKEY RF 1960 W ($68/yr, 362 kWh/yr).
Within the Moffat lineup
Ranked 10 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Moffat MTE18HTKRWW* that long and it costs about $885 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/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
$68/year to run is the predictable cost of the Moffat MTE18HTKRWW*; 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 362 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.