ELEMENT EHUF21CECS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
ELEMENT EHUF21CECS: running cost
The ELEMENT EHUF21CECS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 314 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $59 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 refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 18.7% less, ranking 1,888 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $14/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 ELEMENT EHUF21CECS: ELEMENT EHUF21 ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr), then ELEMENT EHUF21CECW ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of ELEMENT's 34 certified refrigerators, this sits between the EUF14CE ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ERBM19CBS-CA ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the ELEMENT EHUF21CECS that long and it costs about $767 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $59/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
At $59/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,888 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.