What the Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN costs to run
At 215 kWh/yr, the Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $40 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 44.3% less, ranking 588 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 $32/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 Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN: Montgomery Ward MFR337-BLUE ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr), then Professional Series PS-CRF932US-IN ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 of Professional Series's 21 certified refrigerators, this sits between the PS-CRF901US-IN ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PS-FRF192 ($118/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $40/year, the Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN adds up to about $525 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $40/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 Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN already costs $40/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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 215 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 588 of 4,704, the Professional Series PS-CRF931US-IN 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.