Running cost for the Amana ARTX2419S***
At 379 kWh/yr, the Amana ARTX2419S***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $71 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Amana ARTX2419S*** against the category
That's 1.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,750 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 $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELLIPSE ERBM104S ($71/yr, 379 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Amana ARTX2419S***. Whirlpool WRT549SZD* ($71/yr, 378 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Amana lineup
Amana makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AMAR27S1E at $40/yr, and its priciest, the ARTX2419S*** at $87/yr.
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 Amana ARTX2419S*** that long and it costs about $926 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Amana ARTX2419S*** is already efficient for its category at $71/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
At $71/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 379 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.