What the Avanti AR4456SS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Avanti AR4456SS at 269 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $51 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 Avanti AR4456SS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.3% less, ranking 1,403 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Avanti AR4456SS on that list: Avanti AR4446B ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Comfee CERM44B0AIX ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Avanti's own models
Ranked 31 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).
Avanti AR4456SS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Avanti AR4456SS that long and it costs about $657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/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 Avanti AR4456SS already costs $51/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,403 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.