What the Summit FFBF279SSX costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit FFBF279SSX at 423 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $80 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 9.6% above it, ranking 3,029 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 $7/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 FFBF279SSX: QG QUALITY GLOBAL QGB15C-S ($80/yr, 423 kWh/yr), then Verona VEFBF2814RSL ($80/yr, 423 kWh/yr).
Comparing Summit's own models
Ranked 103 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 FFBF279SSX over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $80/year, the Summit FFBF279SSX adds up to about $1,034 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
At $80/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Summit FFBF279SSX or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Summit FFBF279SSX already costs $80/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
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 423 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.