Maytag MFT2772HE0 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Maytag MFT2772HE0: running cost
The Maytag MFT2772HE0 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 710 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $133 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 83.9% above it, ranking 4,513 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 $61/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 Maytag MFT2772HE0: LG LF25S6330 ($133/yr, 710 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WRF757SDH0 ($133/yr, 710 kWh/yr).
Comparing Maytag's own models
Ranked 27 of Maytag's 29 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MB1957DE ($88/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRMF5436TZ ($138/yr, its priciest).
Maytag MFT2772HE0 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Maytag MFT2772HE0 that long and it costs about $1,735 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Maytag MFT2772HE0 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 $133/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $133/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 710 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 4,513 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.