Insignia NS-RTM182 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Insignia NS-RTM182 costs to run
At 369 kWh/yr, the Insignia NS-RTM182's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $69 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Insignia NS-RTM182 against the category
That's 4.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,691 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 $3/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Insignia NS-RTM182-C ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Insignia NS-RTM182. Frigidaire FFHT1835X ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Insignia's own models
Insignia makes 92 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 73 of 92 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the NS-WC14SS3 at $23/yr, and its priciest, the NS-RBM18WH0-C at $88/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Insignia NS-RTM182 costs roughly $902 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Insignia NS-RTM182 is already efficient for its category at $69/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Insignia NS-RTM182 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 369 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.