Running cost for the UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM
At 302 kWh/yr, the UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $57 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM against the category
That's 21.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,788 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 $16/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
UNIQUE UNQ-310L Y TM ($57/yr, 302 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM. UNIQUE UNQ-310L V TM ($57/yr, 302 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the UNIQUE lineup
UNIQUE makes 43 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 9 of 43 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UGP-275L R AC at $52/yr, and its priciest, the UGP-595L W AC at $102/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 UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM that long and it costs about $738 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM is already efficient for its category at $57/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The UNIQUE UNQ-310L W TM already costs $57/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.