What the Samsung RF70H25KE* costs to run
At 637 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF70H25KE*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $120 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RF70H25KE* against the category
That's 65% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,240 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $47/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Sub-Zero CL4250UFD**/S/* ($120/yr, 637 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF70H25KE*. Samsung RS22T5561** ($120/yr, 636 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 49 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300** at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30** at $148/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF70H25KE* costs roughly $1,557 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF70H25KE* 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 $120/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $120/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,240 of 4,704, the Samsung RF70H25KE* 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 637 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.