Running cost for the Frigidaire FRTE1936AW
The Frigidaire FRTE1936AW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 374 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $70 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FRTE1936AW against the category
That's 3.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,742 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 $2/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Magic Chef MCBM920S1 ($70/yr, 374 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FRTE1936AW. Frigidaire FRTE1936AV ($70/yr, 374 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 202 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 FRTE1936AW that long and it costs about $914 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Frigidaire FRTE1936AW is already efficient for its category at $70/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRTE1936AW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,742 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRTE1936AW 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 374 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.