Summit FFBF153B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Summit FFBF153B: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit FFBF153B at 429 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit FFBF153B against the category
That's 11.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,057 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 above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit FFBF154SS ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit FFBF153B. Summit FFBF152PL ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Summit's own models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 107 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $81/year, the Summit FFBF153B adds up to about $1,048 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit FFBF153B 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$81/year to run is the predictable cost of the Summit FFBF153B; 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 429 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.