Frigidaire FRTI1835AW: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Frigidaire FRTI1835AW at 450 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 16.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,183 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $12/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Frigidaire FRTI1835AS ($85/yr, 450 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Hisense RB17N6D*E ($85/yr, 450 kWh/yr).
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 226 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 FRTI1835AW that long and it costs about $1,100 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire FRTI1835AW runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $85/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FRTI1835AW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
At rank 3,183 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 450 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.