Insignia NS-RTM20# Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Insignia NS-RTM20#: running cost
The Insignia NS-RTM20# is certified by ENERGY STAR at 390 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $73 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 1% above it, ranking 2,831 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 $1/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-RTM20#: Ikea SUPERKALL b-in refrigerator white NA ($73/yr, 390 kWh/yr), then Insignia NS-RTM203 ($73/yr, 390 kWh/yr).
Within the Insignia lineup
Ranked 79 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).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Insignia NS-RTM20# that long and it costs about $953 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $73/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$73/year to run is the predictable cost of the Insignia NS-RTM20#; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 390 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.