What the Summit FDRD171WIM costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit FDRD171WIM at 541 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $102 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.
How the Summit FDRD171WIM compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 40.2% above it, ranking 3,682 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $29/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Summit FDRD171WIM on that list: Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) ($102/yr, 541 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Summit FDRD172BKIM ($102/yr, 541 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Summit's own models
Ranked 137 of Summit's 148 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ADRD15 ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the S4D18WIM ($102/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $102/year, the Summit FDRD171WIM adds up to about $1,322 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Summit FDRD171WIM 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 $102/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Summit FDRD171WIM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.