What the Thermador T48BT110NS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Thermador T48BT110NS at 670 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $126 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 73.6% above it, ranking 4,374 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 $53/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 Thermador T48BT110NS: LG LS27T3230* ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr), then Thermador T48BT120NS ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr).
Within the Thermador lineup
Ranked 52 of Thermador's 54 certified refrigerators, this sits between the T24IR905SP ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the T48IT100NP ($126/yr, its priciest).
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 Thermador T48BT110NS that long and it costs about $1,637 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $126/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$126/year to run is the predictable cost of the Thermador T48BT110NS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 4,374 of 4,704, the Thermador T48BT110NS 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 670 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.