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What the Vissani MDAR44SS5 costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$51/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani MDAR44SS5 at 269 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.14per day
$4.21per month
269kWh per year, certified
$657over a 13-yr lifespan

The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Vissani MDAR44SS5 against the category

That's 30.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,433 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 $22/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Vissani MDAR44WH5 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Vissani MDAR44SS5. Vissani MDAR44BK5 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing Vissani's own models

Vissani makes 112 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 52 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

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Vissani MDAR44SS5 that long and it costs about $657 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The Vissani MDAR44SS5 is already efficient for its category at $51/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

$51/year to run is the predictable cost of the Vissani MDAR44SS5; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

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 269 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.