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What the Frigidaire FPHT2097V* costs to run

About average for its category to run
$72/year, priced at the national-average rate

At 385 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FPHT2097V*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.20per day
$6.03per month
385kWh per year, certified
$941over a 13-yr lifespan

The $72 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Frigidaire FPHT2097V* against the category

That's 0.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,794 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 $0/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Frigidaire GRTE2055A* ($72/yr, 385 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FPHT2097V*. Frigidaire FGHT2055V* ($72/yr, 385 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 207 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B* at $137/yr.

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 FPHT2097V* that long and it costs about $941 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The Frigidaire FPHT2097V* is already efficient for its category at $72/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 FPHT2097V* 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 2,794 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FPHT2097V* 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.