Running cost for the Avanti FF7B3S
The Avanti FF7B3S is certified by ENERGY STAR at 393 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Avanti FF7B3S against the category
That's 1.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,866 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 $1/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
JennAir JBBFX22NMX ($74/yr, 393 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Avanti FF7B3S. Avanti FF7B0W ($74/yr, 393 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Avanti's own models
Avanti makes 68 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 62 of 68 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RMRS31X**-IS at $32/yr, and its priciest, the FFFD22IWR3S at $111/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Avanti FF7B3S that long and it costs about $960 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Avanti FF7B3S is already efficient for its category at $74/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Avanti FF7B3S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.