ELEMENT EHUF21CECW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW
At 314 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 1,889 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 EHUF21CECW: ELEMENT EHUF21CECS ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr), then FARBERWARE FW-UFR211-I3B ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr).
Comparing ELEMENT's own models
Ranked 11 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $59/year, the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW adds up to about $767 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
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
Whether or not the ELEMENT EHUF21CECW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.