Frigidaire FRTI1936AS: running cost
At 458 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FRTI1936AS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FRTI1936AS against the category
That's 18.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,267 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 $14/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire FRTI1936AW ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FRTI1936AS. Frigidaire FRTI1936AB ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 236 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 FRTI1936AS that long and it costs about $1,119 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $86/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Frigidaire FRTI1936AS or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Frigidaire FRTI1936AS already costs $86/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 458 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.