Vissani VS17HSCPW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Vissani VS17HSCPW: running cost
At 244 kWh/yr, the Vissani VS17HSCPW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $46 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.
How the Vissani VS17HSCPW compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.8% less, ranking 1,016 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Vissani VS17HSCPW on that list: Vissani VS17HSCPS ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Dacor DRR24G7400 ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 of Vissani's 112 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HVR32GSEF ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDBF18SS ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $46/year, the Vissani VS17HSCPW adds up to about $596 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Vissani VS17HSCPW already costs $46/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 1,016 of 4,704, the Vissani VS17HSCPW 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 244 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.