upstreman BR321-Pink: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman BR321-Pink at 218 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 663 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $32/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is upstreman BR321-Orange ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is upstreman BR321-Purple ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 32 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
upstreman BR321-Pink over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the upstreman BR321-Pink that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman BR321-Pink is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the upstreman BR321-Pink ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 218 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 663 of 4,704, the upstreman BR321-Pink 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.