Royal Sovereign RMF-74 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Royal Sovereign RMF-74: running cost
The Royal Sovereign RMF-74 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 213 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $40 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 44.8% less, ranking 524 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 $33/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 Royal Sovereign RMF-74: Premium Levella PRF257400XB ($40/yr, 213 kWh/yr), then Seasons MSCM24 ($40/yr, 213 kWh/yr).
Comparing Royal Sovereign's own models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Royal Sovereign makes, the RMF-74 is the cheapest to run, $20/year less than Royal Sovereign's priciest, the RMF-90.
Royal Sovereign RMF-74 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Royal Sovereign RMF-74 costs roughly $521 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $40/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $40/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 524 of 4,704, the Royal Sovereign RMF-74 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 213 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.