Avanti AR24T3S: running cost
At 238 kWh/yr, the Avanti AR24T3S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $45 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 38.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 974 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $28/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Avanti AR17T1B ($45/yr, 238 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is LG LRONC1404* ($45/yr, 238 kWh/yr).
Comparing Avanti's own models
Avanti makes 68 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 68 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RMRS31X**-IS at $32/yr, and its priciest, the FFFD22IWR3S at $111/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 Avanti AR24T3S that long and it costs about $582 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Avanti AR24T3S is already efficient for its category at $45/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Avanti AR24T3S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Ranked 974 of 4,704, the Avanti AR24T3S sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 238 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.