Wood's WFF180W Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Wood's WFF180W
At 366 kWh/yr, the Wood's WFF180W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $69 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 5.2% less, ranking 2,647 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 $4/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 Wood's WFF180W: Wood's WFF180SL ($69/yr, 366 kWh/yr), then BLACK DECKER BR1810HS ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 8 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Wood's makes, the WFF180W costs the most to run, $13/year more than Wood's's cheapest, the WFF100B.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $69/year, the Wood's WFF180W adds up to about $895 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/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
At $69/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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. Ranked 2,647 of 4,704, the Wood's WFF180W 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.