What the Criterion CFDR225H1S costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Criterion CFDR225H1S at 588 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $111 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 Criterion CFDR225H1S compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 52.3% above it, ranking 3,989 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Criterion CFDR225H1S on that list: Criterion 453-8128 ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Criterion CFDR225M3S ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 45 of Criterion's 49 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCR17CE1B ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CFDR286M4* ($147/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Criterion CFDR225H1S that long and it costs about $1,437 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Criterion CFDR225H1S 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 $111/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Criterion CFDR225H1S already costs $111/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. 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.