Frigidaire FRTE1936AB Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Frigidaire FRTE1936AB costs to run
The Frigidaire FRTE1936AB is certified by ENERGY STAR at 374 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $70 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 3.1% less, ranking 2,739 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 $2/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 FRTE1936AB: Frigidaire FRTE1930AW ($70/yr, 374 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FRTE1936AS ($70/yr, 374 kWh/yr).
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Ranked 199 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 FRTE1936AB over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire FRTE1936AB that long and it costs about $914 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $70/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
$70/year to run is the predictable cost of the Frigidaire FRTE1936AB; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
At rank 2,739 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 374 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.