Miele FNS 7794 E: running cost
At 350 kWh/yr, the Miele FNS 7794 E's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $66 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Miele FNS 7794 E against the category
That's 12.7% below the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 170 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 $10/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Avanti AV1081VFK0W ($67/yr, 354 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Miele FNS 7794 E. Liebherr SIF5181 ($66/yr, 350 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Miele sells 20 certified freezers; this one runs cheapest of them, $36/year under the F 2911 Vi, 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 Miele FNS 7794 E is already efficient for its category at $66/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
$66/year to run is the predictable cost of the Miele FNS 7794 E; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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.