Summit SBF16W Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Summit SBF16W costs to run
At 429 kWh/yr, the Summit SBF16W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit SBF16W against the category
That's 11.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,066 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 $8/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VBFR1500ESSE ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit SBF16W. Summit SBF16SS ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 116 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Summit SBF16W costs roughly $1,048 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $81/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Summit SBF16W or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Summit SBF16W already costs $81/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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.