Running cost for the upstreman BR321-Vintage Blue
The upstreman BR321-Vintage Blue 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 666 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 $32/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 upstreman BR321-Vintage Blue: upstreman BR321-Red ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), then upstreman BR321-Vintage Green ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).
Within the upstreman lineup
Ranked 35 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-Vintage Blue over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the upstreman BR321-Vintage Blue adds up to about $533 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/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
$41/year to run is the predictable cost of the upstreman BR321-Vintage Blue; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 666 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.