ELEMENT EUF17CEES Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: ELEMENT EUF17CEES
Brand: ELEMENT

ELEMENT EUF17CEES: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$54/year at the national-average rate

The ELEMENT EUF17CEES is certified by ENERGY STAR at 288 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.15per day

$4.51per month

288kWh per year, certified

$704over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $54 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

ELEMENT EUF17CEES against the category

That's 25.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,633 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 $18/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

ELEMENT EUF17CEEW ($54/yr, 288 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ELEMENT EUF17CEES. Criterion CUF17P1W ($54/yr, 288 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

ELEMENT makes 34 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 6 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

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ELEMENT EUF17CEES costs roughly $704 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Is it worth replacing?

The ELEMENT EUF17CEES is already efficient for its category at $54/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

$54/year to run is the predictable cost of the ELEMENT EUF17CEES; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,633 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.