What the Vissani VS44HSCPW costs to run
At 267 kWh/yr, the Vissani VS44HSCPW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $50 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 VS44HSCPW compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.8% less, ranking 1,375 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Vissani VS44HSCPW on that list: Vissani VS44HSCPS ($50/yr, 267 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Vissani VS46HSCPW ($50/yr, 267 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Vissani lineup
Ranked 45 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 $50/year, the Vissani VS44HSCPW adds up to about $653 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Vissani VS44HSCPW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 267 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.