Newair NRF033BK00: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Newair NRF033BK00 at 220 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $41 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 43% less, ranking 784 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 Newair NRF033BK00: Newair NRF033**** ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr), then Newair NRF033GA00 ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr).
Within the Newair lineup
Ranked 3 of Newair's 7 certified refrigerators, this sits between the NWB060SS00 ($27/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the NRF031GA00 ($51/yr, its priciest).
Newair NRF033BK00 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Newair NRF033BK00 that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Newair NRF033BK00 already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
At rank 784 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.