What the Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH costs to run
At 344 kWh/yr, the Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $65 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.
How the Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 10.9% less, ranking 2,281 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $8/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH on that list: Samsung RT70F18LR** ($64/yr, 343 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Avanti AVRA7501** ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Arctic Wind's own models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Arctic Wind makes, the ATMWE71TH costs the most to run, $13/year more than Arctic Wind's cheapest, the AUFSS210ETH-LK.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $65/year, the Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH adds up to about $841 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $65/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Arctic Wind ATMWE71TH already costs $65/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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 344 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.