Running cost for the Stovv F18HF01SW
At 435 kWh/yr, the Stovv F18HF01SW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Stovv F18HF01SW against the category
That's 12.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,088 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 $9/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TRUARCTIC TRFD1830SV ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Stovv F18HF01SW. Stovv F18HF01SS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Stovv lineup
Stovv makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 3 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the F18HF01SB at $82/yr, and its priciest, the F20HF01SW at $89/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Stovv F18HF01SW that long and it costs about $1,063 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Stovv F18HF01SW 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.
Protecting what you have
At $82/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,088 of 4,704, the Stovv F18HF01SW 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.