Frigidaire FRSS26L3A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Frigidaire FRSS26L3A
The Frigidaire FRSS26L3A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 647 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $122 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FRSS26L3A against the category
That's 67.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,282 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 $49/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire GRSS2652A ($122/yr, 647 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FRSS26L3A. Frigidaire FRSS2633A ($122/yr, 647 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 276 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Frigidaire FRSS26L3A costs roughly $1,581 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Frigidaire FRSS26L3A 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 $122/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRSS26L3A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,282 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRSS26L3A 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. The 647 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.