upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel: running cost
The upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel is certified by ENERGY STAR at 258 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel against the category
That's 33.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,237 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman BR321 Pro-White ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel. upstreman BR321 Pro-Red ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 84 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $49/year, the upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel adds up to about $631 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The upstreman BR321 Pro-Stainless Steel already costs $49/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. At rank 1,237 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.