What the Hisense RF21A3F*E costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Hisense RF21A3F*E at 468 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Hisense RF21A3F*E against the category
That's 21.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,387 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire FFHT2022A* ($88/yr, 469 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense RF21A3F*E. Hisense RF210N6A*E ($88/yr, 468 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Hisense lineup
Hisense makes 90 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 55 of 90 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HWS054N6SS at $30/yr, and its priciest, the RF303D3FSEI at $140/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $88/year, the Hisense RF21A3F*E adds up to about $1,144 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
At $88/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 Hisense RF21A3F*E or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Hisense RF21A3F*E already costs $88/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 468 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.