PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS: running cost
At 399 kWh/yr, the PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS against the category
That's 3.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,930 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $2/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung BRB106003** ($75/yr, 399 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS. Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM ($75/yr, 399 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the PORTER&CHARLES lineup
PORTER&CHARLES sells 2 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $6/year under the PC28SS, its priciest.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS that long and it costs about $975 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS is already efficient for its category at $75/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS already costs $75/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.