QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S: running cost
The QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S is certified by ENERGY STAR at 423 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $80 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 9.6% above it, ranking 3,028 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 $7/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 QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S: Mora MRB148N6A*E ($80/yr, 423 kWh/yr), then Summit FFBF279SSX ($80/yr, 423 kWh/yr).
Within the QG QUALITY GLOBAL lineup
The QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S is the only refrigerator from QG QUALITY GLOBAL that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S that long and it costs about $1,034 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $80/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $80/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 423 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.