True Refrigeration TUF-24-*-**-C: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the True Refrigeration TUF-24-*-**-C at 384 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $72 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a freezer
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 4.2% less, ranking 212 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $3/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the True Refrigeration TUF-24-*-**-C: Liebherr MF 1861 ($72/yr, 381 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RVF417790 ($72/yr, 385 kWh/yr).
Within the True Refrigeration lineup
The True Refrigeration TUF-24-*-**-C is the only freezer from True Refrigeration that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full freezer category.
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
Efficient as certified freezers go, $72/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The True Refrigeration TUF-24-*-**-C already costs $72/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 384 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.