VIDA 043-1504-4: running cost
The VIDA 043-1504-4 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 226 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $42 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 41.5% less, ranking 838 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 $30/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 VIDA 043-1504-4: TCL TRM45S4AW ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr), then Vida by Paderno 043-1504-4 ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr).
Comparing VIDA's own models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators VIDA makes, the 043-1504-4 is the cheapest to run, $19/year less than VIDA's priciest, the 043-1505-2.
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 VIDA 043-1504-4 that long and it costs about $552 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/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
At $42/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 838 of 4,704, the VIDA 043-1504-4 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. The 226 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.