Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C: running cost
The Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C is certified by ENERGY STAR at 269 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $51 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.3% less, ranking 1,414 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C: Insignia NS-CF44SS6 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr), then Jenn-Air JUDFP242H1 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr).
Comparing Insignia's own models
Ranked 45 of Insignia's 92 certified refrigerators, this sits between the NS-WC14SS3 ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the NS-RBM18WH0-C ($88/yr, its priciest).
Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C costs roughly $657 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/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
The Insignia NS-CF44SS6-C already costs $51/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
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.