Frigidaire FFUV2136AV: running cost
At 493 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FFUV2136AV's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
That $93 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 freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 22.9% above it, ranking 527 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $17/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 Frigidaire FFUV2136AV: Frigidaire FFUV2126AW ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FFUV2136AW ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Ranked 26 of Frigidaire's 30 certified freezers, this sits between the FFCS0562AW ($37/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GRDF1911A* ($102/yr, its priciest).
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire FFUV2136AV runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $93/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
A freezer like the Frigidaire FFUV2136AV is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.