What the Frigidaire FRFN2813A* costs to run
At 652 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FRFN2813A*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $123 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 68.9% above it, ranking 4,291 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 $50/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 FRFN2813A*: Crosley Professional ZFEH2848A* ($123/yr, 652 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FRFN2823A* ($123/yr, 652 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Ranked 279 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 FRFN2813A* over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Frigidaire FRFN2813A* costs roughly $1,593 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire FRFN2813A* 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 $123/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRFN2813A* ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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. The 652 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.