Running cost for the Elisii DECVC138S2
The Elisii DECVC138S2 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 394 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Elisii DECVC138S2 against the category
That's 1.7% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 251 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 $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Elisii DECVC138W2 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Elisii DECVC138S2. Elisii DECVC138*2 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Elisii's own models
Elisii makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 3 of 16 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DECVC138W at $74/yr, and its priciest, the DECVC230W3 at $98/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 Elisii DECVC138S2 is already efficient for its category at $74/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
The Elisii DECVC138S2 already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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. The 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.