What the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM costs to run
At 226 kWh/yr, the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $42 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM against the category
That's 41.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 804 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 $30/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Arctic King ARM044S1ARSV ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM. APPLIANCE BASICS CR44CABSDSS ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the ARCTIC CHEF lineup
ARCTIC CHEF makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 7 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ACFR320-LIME-AMZ-6COM at $40/yr, and its priciest, the ACFR551 at $64/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM costs roughly $552 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM is already efficient for its category at $42/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The ARCTIC CHEF ACFR465-6COM already costs $42/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.