Summit LRF712W Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Summit LRF712W: running cost
The Summit LRF712W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 359 kWh a year, about average for 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.
Summit LRF712W against the category
That's 7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,478 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 $5/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit LRF713B ($67/yr, 359 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit LRF712W. Summit FF714SS ($67/yr, 359 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 59 of 148 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ADRD15 at $48/yr, and its priciest, the S4D18WIM at $102/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $67/year, the Summit LRF712W adds up to about $877 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Summit LRF712W 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 LRF712W ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 2,478 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 359 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.