Running cost for the upstreman FR17 Pro-Red
The upstreman FR17 Pro-Red is certified by ENERGY STAR at 245 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $46 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the upstreman FR17 Pro-Red compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.5% less, ranking 1,056 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman FR17 Pro-Red on that list: upstreman FR17 Pro-Purple ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing upstreman's own models
Ranked 69 of upstreman's 115 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FR17-Blue ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FD182-# ($86/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17 Pro-Red costs roughly $599 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the upstreman FR17 Pro-Red ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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.