What the Summit FF711ES costs to run
At 346 kWh/yr, the Summit FF711ES's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit FF711ES against the category
That's 10.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,385 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELEMENT ERT16CGD* ($65/yr, 347 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit FF711ES. MicroFridge 4.8RMF4RHW ($65/yr, 346 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Summit's own models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 49 of 148 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ADRD15 at $48/yr, and its priciest, the S4D18WIM at $102/yr.
Summit FF711ES over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Summit FF711ES costs roughly $846 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Summit FF711ES is already efficient for its category at $65/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
The Summit FF711ES already costs $65/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.