Summit CTR15SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Summit CTR15SS: running cost
At 332 kWh/yr, the Summit CTR15SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $62 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit CTR15SS against the category
That's 14% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,200 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 $10/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit FF156B ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit CTR15SS. Summit CTR153PL ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Summit's own models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 40 of 148 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ADRD15 at $48/yr, and its priciest, the S4D18WIM at $102/yr.
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 CTR15SS that long and it costs about $811 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit CTR15SS is already efficient for its category at $62/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$62/year to run is the predictable cost of the Summit CTR15SS; 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 332 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.