What the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange costs to run
At 208 kWh/yr, the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $39 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-Vintage Orange compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 454 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $33/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange on that list: upstreman FR17-Vintage Indigo ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman FR17-Vintage Purple ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing upstreman's own models
Ranked 10 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).
upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange adds up to about $508 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/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
Whether or not the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange 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. Ranked 454 of 4,704, the upstreman FR17-Vintage Orange sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.