Running cost for the Arctic King ARM33A5ABB
ENERGY STAR certifies the Arctic King ARM33A5ABB at 260 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $49 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 32.6% less, ranking 1,288 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 $24/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 Arctic King ARM33A5ABB: XO XOU15ORSR ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr), then Arctic King ARM33O5A** ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr).
Comparing Arctic King's own models
Ranked 14 of Arctic King's 24 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AU83ETWBR1RCM ($31/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARB47B5*** ($63/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 Arctic King ARM33A5ABB that long and it costs about $635 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $49/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
$49/year to run is the predictable cost of the Arctic King ARM33A5ABB; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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. The 260 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.