Frigidaire EFR179-PINK: running cost
At 200 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire EFR179-PINK's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $38 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 48.2% less, ranking 284 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 $35/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 Frigidaire EFR179-PINK: Frigidaire EFR179-BLUE ($38/yr, 200 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire EFR189_AMZ-6COM ($38/yr, 200 kWh/yr).
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Ranked 34 of Frigidaire's 311 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FRWE4626AS ($28/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FRFS2813B* ($137/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $38/year, the Frigidaire EFR179-PINK adds up to about $489 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $38/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Frigidaire EFR179-PINK ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 284 of 4,704, the Frigidaire EFR179-PINK 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 200 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.