Verona VEFTF3324RBK Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Verona VEFTF3324RBK
ENERGY STAR certifies the Verona VEFTF3324RBK at 422 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $79 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 9.3% above it, ranking 3,015 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 $7/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 Verona VEFTF3324RBK: Elisii DERTM240WW1 ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr), then Verona VEFTF3324RSL ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr).
Within the Verona lineup
Ranked 4 of Verona's 13 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VEFTF3021RBK ($74/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VEBFD3620WIFS ($107/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Verona VEFTF3324RBK that long and it costs about $1,031 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Verona VEFTF3324RBK runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $79/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$79/year to run is the predictable cost of the Verona VEFTF3324RBK; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 422 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.