Elisii DECVC170W: running cost
At 437 kWh/yr, the Elisii DECVC170W'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.
Elisii DECVC170W against the category
That's 9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 386 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense CFU17N6A*E ($82/yr, 437 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Elisii DECVC170W. VITARA VLUF1701EWE ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Elisii's own models
Elisii makes 16 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 8 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.
Is it worth replacing?
The Elisii DECVC170W 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Elisii DECVC170W 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. 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.