Running cost for the Avanti FFFDS175L3S
ENERGY STAR certifies the Avanti FFFDS175L3S at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $82 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 12.7% above it, ranking 3,069 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 $9/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 FFFDS175L3S: Avanti AFD17ESCDLSS ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), then Hamilton Beach HBF1770 ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Within the Avanti lineup
Ranked 66 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).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Avanti FFFDS175L3S costs roughly $1,063 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Avanti FFFDS175L3S runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Avanti FFFDS175L3S already costs $82/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
Ranked 3,069 of 4,704, the Avanti FFFDS175L3S 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 435 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.