Summit LBF30171SSIM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Summit LBF30171SSIM
The Summit LBF30171SSIM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $82 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 LBF30171SSIM compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 13.5% above it, ranking 3,116 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $10/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Summit LBF30171SSIM on that list: Summit FFBF174SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Summit SBF174SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 118 of Summit's 148 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ADRD15 ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the S4D18WIM ($102/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit LBF30171SSIM that long and it costs about $1,070 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Summit LBF30171SSIM 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 $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$82/year to run is the predictable cost of the Summit LBF30171SSIM; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
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 438 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.