What the Conserv FR1700ER costs to run
At 435 kWh/yr, the Conserv FR1700ER's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Conserv FR1700ER against the category
That's 8.5% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 364 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 $6/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Conserv FR1700SREV ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Conserv FR1700ER. Conserv FR1700EL ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Conserv makes 21 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 16 of 21 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR300BG at $46/yr, and its priciest, the FR2000WREV at $90/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.
Weighing a replacement
The Conserv FR1700ER runs above its category average. If the freezer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $82/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Conserv FR1700ER already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 364 of 658, the Conserv FR1700ER sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.