Frigidaire FFUV2136AV Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire FFUV2136AV: running cost
The Frigidaire FFUV2136AV is certified by ENERGY STAR at 306 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $58 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FFUV2136AV against the category
That's 20.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,797 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 $15/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire FFUV2136AW ($58/yr, 306 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FFUV2136AV. Frigidaire FFUV2126AW ($58/yr, 306 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 141 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.
Frigidaire FFUV2136AV 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 FFUV2136AV that long and it costs about $748 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Frigidaire FFUV2136AV is already efficient for its category at $58/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FFUV2136AV 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. 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.