ELEMENT EUF17CEES Running Cost (Freezer)
What the ELEMENT EUF17CEES costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the ELEMENT EUF17CEES at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $82 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.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
The category average is 401 kWh/yr; this model runs 8.5% above it, ranking 369 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $6/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the ELEMENT EUF17CEES: Criterion® CUF17C1W ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr), then ELEMENT EUF17CEEW ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 7 of ELEMENT's 18 certified freezers, this sits between the EUF14CDB ($74/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the EHUF21CECW ($93/yr, 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.
Weighing a replacement
The ELEMENT EUF17CEES 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.
If you're keeping it
At $82/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 369 of 658, the ELEMENT EUF17CEES 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. The 435 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.