Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS�: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� against the category
That's 12.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,090 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 $9/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VFFR1802ESSE ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS�. TRUARCTIC TRFD1830SV ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Vesta makes 7 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 6 of 7 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the Labrador 20WH at $51/yr, and its priciest, the VRF-GREENLAND-36SS at $101/yr.
Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� costs roughly $1,063 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� 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 $82/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $82/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.