What the ZGA ZRT15ASLOPR costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the ZGA ZRT15ASLOPR at 333 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $63 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 13.7% less, ranking 2,256 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 $10/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 ZGA ZRT15ASLOPR: West Bend WBFF146DLJ#** ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr), then Hisense HRC060BVE ($63/yr, 335 kWh/yr).
Within the ZGA lineup
Ranked 2 of ZGA's 4 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ZRT10ASLOPR ($56/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ZRT25ASLOPR ($80/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the ZGA ZRT15ASLOPR that long and it costs about $814 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $63/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the ZGA ZRT15ASLOPR ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 2,256 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. The 333 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.