What the Upstreman;Frestec CD30 costs to run
The Upstreman;Frestec CD30 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 320 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 17.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,997 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 $12/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 TM31-************ ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is VIKING RANGE,LLC FDREIC7300L ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr).
Within the Upstreman;Frestec lineup
The Upstreman;Frestec CD30 is the only refrigerator from Upstreman;Frestec that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $60/year, the Upstreman;Frestec CD30 adds up to about $782 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Upstreman;Frestec CD30 is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$60/year to run is the predictable cost of the Upstreman;Frestec CD30; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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 320 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.