Frigidaire FRFC2323A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire FRFC2323A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Frigidaire FRFC2323A at 670 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $126 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FRFC2323A against the category
That's 73.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,366 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 $53/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire GRFC2353A ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FRFC2323A. Electrolux ERFC2393A ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 294 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 FRFC2323A that long and it costs about $1,637 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $126/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Frigidaire FRFC2323A or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRFC2323A 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 4,366 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRFC2323A 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.