Elisii DECVC138W2 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Elisii DECVC138W2 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Elisii DECVC138W2 at 211 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $40 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 45.3% less, ranking 494 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 $33/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 Elisii DECVC138W2: Elisii DECVC138S2 ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr), then ELLIPSE EFVC14W ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of Elisii's 23 certified refrigerators, this sits between the DECVC1382 ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DFDBM184W1 ($103/yr, its priciest).
Elisii DECVC138W2 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Elisii DECVC138W2 costs roughly $516 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $40/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Elisii DECVC138W2 already costs $40/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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. Ranked 494 of 4,704, the Elisii DECVC138W2 sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.