ELEMENT EUF14CE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the ELEMENT EUF14CE
At 204 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT EUF14CE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $38 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 ELEMENT EUF14CE compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 47.2% less, ranking 309 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $34/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the ELEMENT EUF14CE on that list: Frigidaire EFR182 ($38/yr, 202 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Frigidaire EFR492 ($38/yr, 204 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing ELEMENT's own models
Of the 34 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators ELEMENT makes, the EUF14CE is the cheapest to run, $65/year less than ELEMENT's priciest, the ERBM19CBS-CA.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ELEMENT EUF14CE costs roughly $499 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $38/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 EUF14CE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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. The 204 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.