upstreman FR17-Vintage Yellow Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the upstreman FR17-Vintage Yellow
The upstreman FR17-Vintage Yellow is certified by ENERGY STAR at 208 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 458 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 $33/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-Vintage Yellow: upstreman FR17-Vintage White ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr), then upstreman FR17-White ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr).
Comparing upstreman's own models
Ranked 14 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the upstreman FR17-Vintage Yellow adds up to about $508 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/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
$39/year to run is the predictable cost of the upstreman FR17-Vintage Yellow; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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.