Verona VEFBF2411RISL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Verona VEFBF2411RISL: running cost
At 480 kWh/yr, the Verona VEFBF2411RISL's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $90 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Verona VEFBF2411RISL against the category
That's 24.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,449 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 above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VBFR1200EISE ($90/yr, 480 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Verona VEFBF2411RISL. HALLMAN HBFSBMIDIM24VS ($90/yr, 480 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Verona's own models
Verona makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 8 of 13 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VEFTF3021RBK at $74/yr, and its priciest, the VEBFD3620WIFS at $107/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 Verona VEFBF2411RISL that long and it costs about $1,173 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $90/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Verona VEFBF2411RISL or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$90/year to run is the predictable cost of the Verona VEFBF2411RISL; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 480 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,449 of 4,704, the Verona VEFBF2411RISL 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.