Running cost for the Summit LBF30172SS
The Summit LBF30172SS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 355 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $67 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,455 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $6/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Summit FFBF173SS ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Summit LBF30173W ($67/yr, 355 kWh/yr).
Within the Summit lineup
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 52 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 LBF30172SS that long and it costs about $868 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit LBF30172SS is already efficient for its category at $67/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
Whether or not the Summit LBF30172SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
At rank 2,455 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 355 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.