Samsung RF70H25KE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.