Summit FFBF151W Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Summit FFBF151W
The Summit FFBF151W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 429 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $81 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 FFBF151W compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 11.1% above it, ranking 3,055 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $8/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Summit FFBF151W on that list: Samsung RT16A6195 ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Summit FFBF152PL ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Summit lineup
Ranked 105 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 FFBF151W over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit FFBF151W that long and it costs about $1,048 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Summit FFBF151W 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 $81/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$81/year to run is the predictable cost of the Summit FFBF151W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 429 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,055 of 4,704, the Summit FFBF151W 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.