What the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS at 429 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS against the category
That's 7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 353 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $5/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS. Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Commercial Cool lineup
Commercial Cool makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 5 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCUC1110GB at $67/yr, and its priciest, the CCUC1640GW at $81/yr.
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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS is already efficient for its category at $81/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 429 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.