Royal Sovereign RMF-90 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Royal Sovereign RMF-90 costs to run
At 320 kWh/yr, the Royal Sovereign RMF-90's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $60 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.
How the Royal Sovereign RMF-90 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 17.1% less, ranking 1,988 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $12/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Royal Sovereign RMF-90 on that list: RCA RFR836-6COM ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Summit CP ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Royal Sovereign makes, the RMF-90 costs the most to run, $20/year more than Royal Sovereign's cheapest, the RMF-74.
Royal Sovereign RMF-90 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Royal Sovereign RMF-90 that long and it costs about $782 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $60/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the Royal Sovereign RMF-90 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
How this was checked
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. The 320 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.