Stirling S4-125PANR: running cost
At 134 kWh/yr, the Stirling S4-125PANR's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $25 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 Stirling S4-125PANR compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 65.3% less, ranking 74 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $47/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Stirling S4-125PANR on that list: Stirling S4-100SS ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Stirling S4-150PANR ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Stirling lineup
Ranked 3 of Stirling's 11 certified refrigerators, this sits between the S4-100PANR ($25/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the S4-D250SS ($25/yr, its priciest).
Stirling S4-125PANR over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $25/year, the Stirling S4-125PANR adds up to about $327 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $25/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
At $25/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Ranked 74 of 4,704, the Stirling S4-125PANR 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. The 134 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.