Summit FF8 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Summit FF8
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit FF8 at 391 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $74 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 1.3% above it, ranking 2,860 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 $1/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 FF8: Summit FF1141W ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr), then Summit FFBF235PL ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 85 of Summit's 148 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ADRD15 ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the S4D18WIM ($102/yr, its priciest).
Summit FF8 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Summit FF8 costs roughly $956 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/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 FF8 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 2,860 of 4,704, the Summit FF8 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 391 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.