Frigidaire FFHT2033V Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire FFHT2033V: running cost
The Frigidaire FFHT2033V is certified by ENERGY STAR at 470 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $88 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 21.8% above it, ranking 3,414 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 $16/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 FFHT2033V: Bosch B30IB905SP ($88/yr, 470 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RB472705 ($88/yr, 470 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Ranked 247 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire FFHT2033V that long and it costs about $1,149 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Frigidaire FFHT2033V runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $88/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $88/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,414 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.