What the upstreman FR17-Vintage Red costs to run
The upstreman FR17-Vintage Red is certified by ENERGY STAR at 208 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman FR17-Vintage Red against the category
That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 456 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-Vintage White ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman FR17-Vintage Red. upstreman FR17-Vintage Purple ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 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-Vintage Red costs roughly $508 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman FR17-Vintage Red 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $39/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 456 of 4,704, the upstreman FR17-Vintage Red 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. The 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.