Premium Levella PRF7360HS: running cost
The Premium Levella PRF7360HS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 344 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Premium Levella PRF7360HS against the category
That's 10.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,314 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Premium Levella PRF7370HB ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Premium Levella PRF7360HS. Premium Levella PRF7350HW ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Premium Levella makes 26 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 of 26 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PRF165400XW at $39/yr, and its priciest, the PRNIM20***** at $88/yr.
Premium Levella PRF7360HS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Premium Levella PRF7360HS that long and it costs about $841 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Premium Levella PRF7360HS is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Premium Levella PRF7360HS already costs $65/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. Ranked 2,314 of 4,704, the Premium Levella PRF7360HS 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.