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What the SH SH513-SS costs to run

About average for its category to run
$69/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

At 367 kWh/yr, the SH SH513-SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.19per day
$5.75per month
367kWh per year, certified
$897over a 13-yr lifespan

The $69 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

SH SH513-SS against the category

That's 4.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,676 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 $4/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

SH SH513-WW ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the SH SH513-SS. Mora RT180N3A*EM ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

SH sells 4 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $3/year under the SH572-WW, its priciest.

What this adds up to over time

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the SH SH513-SS costs roughly $897 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Weighing a replacement

The SH SH513-SS is already efficient for its category at $69/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

$69/year to run is the predictable cost of the SH SH513-SS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

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.