What the Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** at 448 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $84 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** against the category
That's 16.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,166 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 $12/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Haier HRQ16N3B** ($84/yr, 448 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RF201A*****. Fisher & Paykel RF170A***** ($84/yr, 448 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 22 of 48 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RS2435V2* at $8/yr, and its priciest, the RF203QDUVX1 at $106/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 Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** that long and it costs about $1,095 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $84/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 Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Fisher & Paykel RF201A***** 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. At rank 3,166 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.