Summit LRF4D183W: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit LRF4D183W at 457 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit LRF4D183W against the category
That's 18.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,251 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 $13/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit LRF4D184SS ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit LRF4D183W. Summit LRF4D182B ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Summit lineup
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 125 of 148 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ADRD15 at $48/yr, and its priciest, the S4D18WIM at $102/yr.
Summit LRF4D183W over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit LRF4D183W that long and it costs about $1,117 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Summit LRF4D183W 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 $86/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $86/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.