Thermador T36IT901NP: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Thermador T36IT901NP at 585 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $110 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 51.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,968 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $37/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Thermador T36IT900NP ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Thermador T36IT902NP ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Thermador makes 54 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 47 of 54 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T24IR905SP at $48/yr, and its priciest, the T48IT100NP at $126/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Thermador T36IT901NP that long and it costs about $1,430 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Thermador T36IT901NP 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 $110/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $110/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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 585 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.