Samsung RF90F23BE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Samsung RF90F23BE costs to run
The Samsung RF90F23BE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 618 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $116 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 60.1% above it, ranking 4,160 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 $44/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 RF90F23BE: Samsung RF90F23AE ($116/yr, 618 kWh/yr), then Samsung RF90F23EE ($116/yr, 618 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 35 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF90F23BE costs roughly $1,510 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF90F23BE 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 $116/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $116/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 4,160 of 4,704, the Samsung RF90F23BE 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 618 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.