Running cost for the upstreman FR17-Indigo
At 208 kWh/yr, the upstreman FR17-Indigo's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman FR17-Indigo against the category
That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 447 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 $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman FR17-Orange ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman FR17-Indigo. upstreman FR17-Green ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 3 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17-Indigo costs roughly $508 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman FR17-Indigo is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$39/year to run is the predictable cost of the upstreman FR17-Indigo; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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. The 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.