Summit CP7 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Summit CP7: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit CP7 at 327 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $61 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 15.3% less, ranking 2,115 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 $11/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 Summit CP7: MicroFridge 4.5MF1R ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr), then Summit CP7 ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr).
Within the Summit lineup
Ranked 32 of Summit's 148 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ADRD15 ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the S4D18WIM ($102/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit CP7 that long and it costs about $799 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $61/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Summit CP7 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 2,115 of 4,704, the Summit CP7 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 327 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.