Running cost for the Premium Levella PRN7105HW
ENERGY STAR certifies the Premium Levella PRN7105HW at 391 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $74 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 1.3% above it, ranking 2,857 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 $1/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 Premium Levella PRN7105HW: Mora RB110N3A*EM ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr), then Premium Levella PRN7106HS ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr).
Comparing Premium Levella's own models
Ranked 23 of Premium Levella's 26 certified refrigerators, this sits between the PRF165400XW ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PRNIM20***** ($88/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 Premium Levella PRN7105HW that long and it costs about $956 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/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
The Premium Levella PRN7105HW already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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.