Summit LRF15B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Summit LRF15B
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit LRF15B at 332 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $62 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 14% less, ranking 2,205 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 $10/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 LRF15B: Summit FF156W ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr), then Summit LRF15PL ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr).
Within the Summit lineup
Ranked 45 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $62/year, the Summit LRF15B adds up to about $811 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $62/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Summit LRF15B already costs $62/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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,205 of 4,704, the Summit LRF15B 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.