Summit FFBF249SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Summit FFBF249SS costs to run
At 380 kWh/yr, the Summit FFBF249SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $71 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit FFBF249SS against the category
That's 1.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,769 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 $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit LBF181 ($71/yr, 380 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit FFBF249SS. Summit FFBF181ES2 ($71/yr, 380 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Summit's own models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 76 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit FFBF249SS that long and it costs about $929 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit FFBF249SS is already efficient for its category at $71/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 FFBF249SS already costs $71/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,769 of 4,704, the Summit FFBF249SS 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 380 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.