Samsung RF30BB6600 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Samsung RF30BB6600 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RF30BB6600 at 695 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $131 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 Samsung RF30BB6600 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 80.1% above it, ranking 4,448 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $58/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung RF30BB6600 on that list: Samsung RF30BB6200 ($131/yr, 695 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Hisense HRF254N6TE ($131/yr, 696 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 73 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
Samsung RF30BB6600 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF30BB6600 costs roughly $1,699 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF30BB6600 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 $131/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung RF30BB6600 already costs $131/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.