upstreman FR17G Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the upstreman FR17G costs to run
The upstreman FR17G 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 FR17G against the category
That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 467 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 FR17H ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman FR17G. upstreman FR17F ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 23 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the upstreman FR17G adds up to about $508 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The upstreman FR17G 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
The upstreman FR17G already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 467 of 4,704, the upstreman FR17G 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.