Maytag MFF2258FE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Maytag MFF2258FE
ENERGY STAR certifies the Maytag MFF2258FE at 585 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $110 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Maytag MFF2258FE against the category
That's 51.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,958 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 $37/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Maytag MRFF5033P ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Maytag MFF2258FE. KitchenAid KRFF333SP ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Maytag makes 29 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 29 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MB1957DE at $88/yr, and its priciest, the MRMF5436TZ at $138/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Maytag MFF2258FE that long and it costs about $1,430 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Maytag MFF2258FE runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $110/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Maytag MFF2258FE already costs $110/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,958 of 4,704, the Maytag MFF2258FE 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 585 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.