Frigidaire FFUE1536AW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Frigidaire FFUE1536AW
At 274 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FFUE1536AW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $52 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.
How the Frigidaire FFUE1536AW compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 29% less, ranking 1,505 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Frigidaire FFUE1536AW on that list: Frigidaire FFUE1536AV ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while KitchenAid KUR114KPA ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 124 of Frigidaire's 311 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FRWE4626AS ($28/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FRFS2813B ($137/yr, its priciest).
Frigidaire FFUE1536AW 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 FFUE1536AW that long and it costs about $670 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/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 FFUE1536AW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 274 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,505 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FFUE1536AW 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.