What the U-Line UHFZ124-IS01B costs to run
The U-Line UHFZ124-IS01B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 390 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $73 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.
How the U-Line UHFZ124-IS01B compares to other freezers
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.7% less, ranking 217 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. 658 certified freezers, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the U-Line UHFZ124-IS01B on that list: U-Line UHFZ124-BS01B ($73/yr, 390 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while U-Line UHFZ124-SS01B ($73/yr, 390 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing U-Line's own models
Ranked 4 of U-Line's 7 certified freezers, this sits between the 1224FZRA ($73/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the UOFZ124-SS01B ($73/yr, 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.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified freezers go, $73/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
Whether or not the U-Line UHFZ124-IS01B ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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 390 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.