upstreman FR17 Pro-White Running Cost (Refrigerator)
upstreman FR17 Pro-White: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman FR17 Pro-White at 245 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.5% less, ranking 1,058 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $27/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the upstreman FR17 Pro-White: upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr), then upstreman FR17 Pro-Yellow ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 71 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).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17 Pro-White 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $46/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,058 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.