Running cost for the THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI
The THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 560 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $105 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI against the category
That's 45.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,817 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 $33/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VSBS2001EB ($105/yr, 560 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI. Thermador T30IB100SP ($105/yr, 560 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing THOR KITCHEN's own models
THOR KITCHEN makes 23 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 21 of 23 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RBC24SSD at $50/yr, and its priciest, the TRF3628FFD at $140/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI costs roughly $1,369 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI 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 $105/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The THOR KITCHEN BCD-606WHI already costs $105/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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 560 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.