Running cost for the Samsung RF90F23EE**
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RF90F23EE** at 618 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $116 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RF90F23EE** against the category
That's 60.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,161 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 $44/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Liebherr FDBC36S ($117/yr, 620 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF90F23EE**. Samsung RF90F23BE** ($116/yr, 618 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 36 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300** at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30** at $148/yr.
Samsung RF90F23EE** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Samsung RF90F23EE** that long and it costs about $1,510 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $116/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Samsung RF90F23EE** or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$116/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung RF90F23EE**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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. The 618 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.