Running cost for the Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS
ENERGY STAR certifies the Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $82 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 12.7% above it, ranking 3,068 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 $9/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 Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS: VITARA VBFR1500ESSE ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr), then Avanti FFFDS175L3S ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Within the Avanti lineup
Ranked 65 of Avanti's 68 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RMRS31X**-IS ($32/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FFFD22IWR3S ($111/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 Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS that long and it costs about $1,063 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS runs above its category average. If the refrigerator 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 $82/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $82/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,068 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.