Frigidaire GRWE5726AS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Frigidaire GRWE5726AS
The Frigidaire GRWE5726AS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 157 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $30 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.
How the Frigidaire GRWE5726AS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 59.3% less, ranking 145 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $43/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Frigidaire GRWE5726AS on that list: AVALLON AWC242DPRSLH ($30/yr, 157 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Frigidaire EFR107-B-WHITE ($30/yr, 158 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Ranked 2 of Frigidaire's 311 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FRWE4626AS ($28/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FRFS2813B ($137/yr, its priciest).
Frigidaire GRWE5726AS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire GRWE5726AS that long and it costs about $384 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $30/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$30/year to run is the predictable cost of the Frigidaire GRWE5726AS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.