Premium Levella PFV21206HS Running Cost (Freezer)
What the Premium Levella PFV21206HS costs to run
The Premium Levella PFV21206HS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 493 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among freezers currently certified.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 22.9% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 546 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 658 currently-certified freezers feeds that average, putting this model about $17/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among freezers, one step cheaper is Miele F 2811 Vi ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Professional Series PS-UFR211-I3B ($93/yr, 493 kWh/yr).
Within the Premium Levella lineup
Among Premium Levella's 3 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $18/year over the PFV1405XW, the brand's cheapest.
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.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $93/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $93/year just to run, a freezer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
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 493 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.