Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C Running Cost (Freezer)
Running cost for the Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C
The Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C is certified by ENERGY STAR at 438 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C against the category
That's 9.2% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 402 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
Insignia NS-UZ17SS0 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C. Insignia NS-UZ17SS0 ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Insignia makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified freezers; this one ranks 19 of 27 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the NS-UZ70SS27 at $56/yr, and its priciest, the NS-UZ21WH0 at $93/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 Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Insignia NS-UZ17SS0-C ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.