U-Line URD#24-S#1A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the U-Line URD#24-S#1A costs to run
At 130 kWh/yr, the U-Line URD#24-S#1A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $24 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 66.3% less, ranking 59 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 $48/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 U-Line URD#24-S#1A: U-Line URD#24-G#1A ($24/yr, 130 kWh/yr), then Marathon M4-100BLS ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of U-Line's 37 certified refrigerators, this sits between the URD#24-G#1A ($24/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the UHBV524-IS01A ($52/yr, its priciest).
U-Line URD#24-S#1A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the U-Line URD#24-S#1A that long and it costs about $318 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $24/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the U-Line URD#24-S#1A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 130 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.