Frigidaire GRFC2353A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Frigidaire GRFC2353A
At 670 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire GRFC2353A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $126 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 73.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,367 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 $53/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 FRFC2323A ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Frigidaire PRFC2383A ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 295 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 GRFC2353A that long and it costs about $1,637 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $126/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 GRFC2353A or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire GRFC2353A 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
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 670 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.