What the SH SH513-WW costs to run
The SH SH513-WW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 367 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $69 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
SH SH513-WW against the category
That's 4.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,677 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
VITARA VTFR1803EWE ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the SH SH513-WW. SH SH513-SS ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing SH's own models
SH makes 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 4 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SH513-SS at $69/yr, and its priciest, the SH572-WW at $72/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $69/year, the SH SH513-WW adds up to about $897 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The SH SH513-WW 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
The SH SH513-WW already costs $69/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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. The 367 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.