Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN: running cost
At 226 kWh/yr, the Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $42 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.
How the Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.5% less, ranking 834 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN on that list: Professional Series PS-CRF941US-IN ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Professional Series PS-CRF949US-IN ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Professional Series lineup
Ranked 9 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN costs roughly $552 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Professional Series PS-CRF942US-IN already costs $42/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 834 of 4,704, the Professional Series PS-CRF942US-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.