What the Perlick URS15W*1-5-**** costs to run
The Perlick URS15W*1-5-**** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 99 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $19 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 74.4% less, ranking 16 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 $54/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 URS15W*1-5-****: Perlick URD24W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr), then Perlick URS24W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr).
Within the Perlick lineup
Ranked 4 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 URS15W*1-5-**** that long and it costs about $242 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $19/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
$19/year to run is the predictable cost of the Perlick URS15W*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. 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.