Running cost for the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826**
The Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 654 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $123 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826** against the category
That's 69.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,307 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 $50/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
SKS SKSFD4826* ($123/yr, 654 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826**. Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826* ($123/yr, 654 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Signature Kitchen Suite makes 12 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 9 of 12 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SKSUW2401* at $19/yr, and its priciest, the SKSSB4202* at $143/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826** costs roughly $1,598 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826** 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 $123/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$123/year to run is the predictable cost of the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 654 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.