What the SH SH572-WW costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the SH SH572-WW at 382 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $72 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 1% less, ranking 2,778 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 $1/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 SH SH572-WW: SH SH572-SS ($72/yr, 382 kWh/yr), then upstreman TM202-# ($72/yr, 382 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 4 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators SH makes, the SH572-WW costs the most to run, $3/year more than SH's cheapest, the SH513-SS.
SH SH572-WW over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the SH SH572-WW that long and it costs about $934 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $72/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
$72/year to run is the predictable cost of the SH SH572-WW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 382 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.