Running cost for the Summit SBF174SSIM
The Summit SBF174SSIM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit SBF174SSIM against the category
That's 13.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,117 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 $10/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TRUARCTIC TRBM1830SV ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit SBF174SSIM. Summit LBF30171SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 119 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $82/year, the Summit SBF174SSIM adds up to about $1,070 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Summit SBF174SSIM 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 $82/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Summit SBF174SSIM already costs $82/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. At rank 3,117 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.