Avanti FF14V3S: running cost
At 332 kWh/yr, the Avanti FF14V3S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $62 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Avanti FF14V3S against the category
That's 14% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,172 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $10/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Conservator VNRV143AD ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Avanti FF14V3S. Avanti FF14V1B ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Avanti makes 68 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 44 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Avanti FF14V3S costs roughly $811 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Avanti FF14V3S is already efficient for its category at $62/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 FF14V3S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 2,172 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. The 332 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.