What the West Bend WB0440ARB** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the West Bend WB0440ARB** at 269 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 30.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,436 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 $22/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 West Bend WB0440ARB* ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is APPLIANCE BASICS CR31TABDDSS ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Within the West Bend lineup
West Bend makes 11 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 8 of 11 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WB0310RCRX** at $41/yr, and its priciest, the WBFF24VDLJM#** at $79/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $51/year, the West Bend WB0440ARB** adds up to about $657 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The West Bend WB0440ARB** is already efficient for its category at $51/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 West Bend WB0440ARB** 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
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 269 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.