upstreman FR17A: running cost
The upstreman FR17A 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.
Where this ranks
That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 461 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $33/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is upstreman FR17-Yellow ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is upstreman FR17B ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr).
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
upstreman FR17A over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the upstreman FR17A adds up to about $508 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman FR17A 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the upstreman FR17A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
At rank 461 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. The 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.