What the Frigidaire PRMC2285A* costs to run
The Frigidaire PRMC2285A* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 667 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $125 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 72.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,358 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 FG4H2272UF1 ($125/yr, 667 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Frigidaire GRMC2273B* ($126/yr, 668 kWh/yr).
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 289 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B* at $137/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Frigidaire PRMC2285A* costs roughly $1,630 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire PRMC2285A* runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $125/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire PRMC2285A* 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
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.