Running cost for the upstreman BR321
The upstreman BR321 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 218 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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.
How the upstreman BR321 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 658 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $32/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman BR321 on that list: Thomson TFR441 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman BR321-Blue ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the upstreman lineup
Ranked 27 of upstreman's 115 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FR17-Blue ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FD182-# ($86/yr, its priciest).
upstreman BR321 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the upstreman BR321 adds up to about $533 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the upstreman BR321 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 658 of 4,704, the upstreman BR321 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 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.