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XO XOU15BCGSL Running Cost (Refrigerator)

XO XOU15BCGSL: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$49/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the XO XOU15BCGSL at 259 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.13per day
$4.06per month
259kWh per year, certified
$633over a 13-yr lifespan

The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

XO XOU15BCGSL against the category

That's 32.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,280 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

XO XOU15BCGSR ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the XO XOU15BCGSL. XO XOU15BCGOR ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the XO lineup

XO makes 54 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 27 of 54 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the XOU24WDZGOA at $26/yr, and its priciest, the XOU24ORSR at $52/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the XO XOU15BCGSL that long and it costs about $633 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The XO XOU15BCGSL 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.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

The XO XOU15BCGSL 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. 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.