ELEMENT EUF17CE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the ELEMENT EUF17CE
At 244 kWh/yr, the ELEMENT EUF17CE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
ELEMENT EUF17CE against the category
That's 36.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 995 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $27/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
FARBERWARE FW-UFR701US ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ELEMENT EUF17CE. Sub-Zero DEU2450B/ ($46/yr, 243 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
ELEMENT makes 34 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 34 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the EUF14CE at $38/yr, and its priciest, the ERBM19CBS-CA at $103/yr.
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 EUF17CE that long and it costs about $596 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The ELEMENT EUF17CE is already efficient for its category at $46/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The ELEMENT EUF17CE already costs $46/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
At rank 995 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. The 244 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.