Frigidaire FRTE1026AV Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire FRTE1026AV: running cost
The Frigidaire FRTE1026AV is certified by ENERGY STAR at 298 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $56 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.
How the Frigidaire FRTE1026AV compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 22.8% less, ranking 1,754 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $17/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Frigidaire FRTE1026AV on that list: Frigidaire FRTE1026AB ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Frigidaire FRTE1026AW ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Ranked 136 of Frigidaire's 311 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FRWE4626AS ($28/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FRFS2813B ($137/yr, its priciest).
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 FRTE1026AV that long and it costs about $728 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $56/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRTE1026AV ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 1,754 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRTE1026AV 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 298 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.