Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM: running cost
At 320 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM against the category
That's 17.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,953 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 below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire EFR920-MARINE-6COM ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM. Frigidaire EFR920_AMZ-MARINE-6COM ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 153 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B* at $137/yr.
Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM that long and it costs about $782 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM 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. Ranked 1,953 of 4,704, the Frigidaire EFR920-COTTON-6COM 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.