Frigidaire FRTE2245AV: running cost
The Frigidaire FRTE2245AV 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 2,966 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 FRTE2245AV: Frigidaire FRTE2245AB ($76/yr, 402 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FRTE2245AW ($76/yr, 402 kWh/yr).
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Ranked 216 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 FRTE2245AV 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 FRTE2245AV that long and it costs about $982 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
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
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRTE2245AV ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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. At rank 2,966 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.