Running cost for the Stovv F18HF01SB
At 435 kWh/yr, the Stovv F18HF01SB's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $82 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 12.7% above it, ranking 3,086 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 $9/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 Stovv F18HF01SB: MARTEL F18HF01SS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), then Stovv F18HF01SS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Comparing Stovv's own models
Of the 6 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Stovv makes, the F18HF01SB is the cheapest to run, $8/year less than Stovv's priciest, the F20HF01SW.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $82/year, the Stovv F18HF01SB adds up to about $1,063 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Stovv F18HF01SB runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $82/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 435 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,086 of 4,704, the Stovv F18HF01SB 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.