Avanti AVFF18DLJ#**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Avanti AVFF18DLJ#** at 365 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $69 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 5.4% less, ranking 2,617 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 $4/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 AVFF18DLJ#**: Samsung RT18M62*3** ($68/yr, 364 kWh/yr), then Conservator GRLH181AW ($69/yr, 365 kWh/yr).
Comparing Avanti's own models
Ranked 58 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 AVFF18DLJ#** 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 AVFF18DLJ#** that long and it costs about $892 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/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
The Avanti AVFF18DLJ#** already costs $69/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 365 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 2,617 of 4,704, the Avanti AVFF18DLJ#** 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.