What the Perlick URD24R*1-5-**** costs to run
At 249 kWh/yr, the Perlick URD24R*1-5-****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $47 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 35.5% less, ranking 1,123 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 $26/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 Perlick URD24R*1-5-****: Perlick URA24R*1-5-**** ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr), then Perlick URS15R*1-5-**** ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 13 of Perlick's 31 certified refrigerators, this sits between the URA24W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HP24T*4C-**-***** ($52/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 Perlick URD24R*1-5-**** that long and it costs about $609 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $47/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
$47/year to run is the predictable cost of the Perlick URD24R*1-5-****; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,123 of 4,704, the Perlick URD24R*1-5-**** 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.