What the Criterion CFDR225M3S costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Criterion CFDR225M3S at 588 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Criterion CFDR225M3S against the category
That's 52.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,990 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 $38/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Crosley CFDMH2257AS ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Criterion CFDR225M3S. Criterion CFDR225H1S ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Criterion lineup
Criterion makes 49 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 46 of 49 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCR17CE1B at $39/yr, and its priciest, the CFDR286M4* at $147/yr.
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 CFDR225M3S that long and it costs about $1,437 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $111/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Criterion CFDR225M3S or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Criterion CFDR225M3S 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.
Sourcing
At rank 3,990 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 588 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.