What the Vissani HVAR32BE costs to run
At 258 kWh/yr, the Vissani HVAR32BE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 33.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,241 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $24/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is upstreman CR32-*** ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Vissani HVAR32GBEF ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr).
Within the Vissani lineup
Vissani makes 112 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 34 of 112 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HVR32GSEF at $41/yr, and its priciest, the MDBF18SS at $103/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Vissani HVAR32BE costs roughly $631 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Vissani HVAR32BE is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Vissani HVAR32BE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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. The 258 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.