What the Frigidaire GRDA1911A* costs to run
The Frigidaire GRDA1911A* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 217 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.8% less, ranking 600 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 $32/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 GRDA1911A*: Emerson CR0032*** ($41/yr, 217 kWh/yr), then Marvel MLDR*24-IS61A ($41/yr, 217 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 96 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 GRDA1911A* that long and it costs about $530 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the Frigidaire GRDA1911A* is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
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. The 217 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.