What the upstreman UF212 costs to run
At 314 kWh/yr, the upstreman UF212's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $59 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.
How the upstreman UF212 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 18.7% less, ranking 1,904 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $14/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman UF212 on that list: TRUARCTIC TAUF2133W ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman UF212-*** ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the upstreman lineup
Ranked 97 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the upstreman UF212 that long and it costs about $767 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $59/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the upstreman UF212 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
How this was checked
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 314 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.