Frigidaire FRTE2223AV Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Frigidaire FRTE2223AV costs to run
The Frigidaire FRTE2223AV is certified by ENERGY STAR at 402 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $76 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 4.1% above it, ranking 2,963 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 $3/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 FRTE2223AV: Frigidaire FRTE2223AB ($76/yr, 402 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FRTE2223AW ($76/yr, 402 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Ranked 213 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 FRTE2223AV that long and it costs about $982 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $76/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
$76/year to run is the predictable cost of the Frigidaire FRTE2223AV; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,963 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRTE2223AV 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.