What the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C costs to run
At 215 kWh/yr, the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 44.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 569 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 $32/year under 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 EFR397-SAGE-6COM ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Galanz GLR27**E ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr).
Within the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef lineup
The FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C is the only refrigerator from FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $40/year, the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C adds up to about $525 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C already costs $40/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Ranked 569 of 4,704, the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;Hamilton Beach;MONTGOMERY WARD;Arctic Chef EFR323-C sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 215 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.