What the Frigidaire GRSC2352A* costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Frigidaire GRSC2352A* at 615 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $116 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire GRSC2352A* against the category
That's 59.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,139 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 $43/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire GRSS2352A* ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire GRSC2352A*. Frigidaire FRSS2333A* ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 266 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 GRSC2352A* that long and it costs about $1,503 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $116/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 GRSC2352A* or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Frigidaire GRSC2352A* 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.
Sourcing
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 615 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.