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Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM Running Cost (Refrigerator)

What the Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM costs to run

Cheaper than most models in its category to run
$65/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM at 344 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.18per day
$5.39per month
344kWh per year, certified
$841over a 13-yr lifespan

The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM against the category

That's 10.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,296 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Frigidaire Gallery FGFR727-C ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM. FARBERWARE FW-RF272-I6A ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Frigidaire lineup

Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 167 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.

Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM over 13 years

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $65/year, the Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM adds up to about $841 in electricity over that span.

Shopping for a new one

The Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

The Frigidaire EFR780-E-6COM already costs $65/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

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. The 344 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.