What the upstreman BR321H costs to run
At 218 kWh/yr, the upstreman BR321H's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 BR321H compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 683 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 BR321H on that list: upstreman BR321G ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman BR321I ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 52 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the upstreman BR321H 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the upstreman BR321H 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 218 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 683 of 4,704, the upstreman BR321H 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.