What the BLACK DECKER BUC2100JB costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the BLACK DECKER BUC2100JB at 493 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 512 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $17/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Avanti AV2121VFB0W ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BLACK DECKER BUC2100JS ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Comparing BLACK DECKER's own models
BLACK DECKER sells 3 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, about the same, within a dollar a year, under the BUC2100JW, its priciest.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $93/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The BLACK DECKER BUC2100JB already costs $93/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.