Perlick URS24W*1-5-****: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perlick URS24W*1-5-**** at 99 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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 17 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 URS24W*1-5-****: Perlick URS15W*1-5-**** ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr), then AVALLON AWC24PG1A2A ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr).
Comparing Perlick's own models
Ranked 5 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).
Perlick URS24W*1-5-**** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Perlick URS24W*1-5-**** that long and it costs about $242 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $19/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the Perlick URS24W*1-5-**** is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
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 17 of 4,704, the Perlick URS24W*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.