Samsung RF29DB9900**: running cost
At 700 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF29DB9900**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $132 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 81.3% above it, ranking 4,479 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 $59/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 Samsung RF29DB9900**: GE GFE26JYM**** ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr), then Bosch B36FD10EN* ($132/yr, 702 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 74 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300** ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30** ($148/yr, its priciest).
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 Samsung RF29DB9900** that long and it costs about $1,711 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF29DB9900** 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 $132/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung RF29DB9900** already costs $132/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 4,479 of 4,704, the Samsung RF29DB9900** 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 700 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.