What the Vissani VS47HSTMW costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani VS47HSTMW at 321 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 16.8% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,026 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 $12/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 TCL TRM47D5AW ($60/yr, 321 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Galanz GL31S3E ($61/yr, 322 kWh/yr).
Comparing Vissani's own models
Vissani makes 112 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 74 of 112 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HVR32GSEF at $41/yr, and its priciest, the MDBF18SS at $103/yr.
Vissani VS47HSTMW over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Vissani VS47HSTMW that long and it costs about $785 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Vissani VS47HSTMW is already efficient for its category at $60/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
$60/year to run is the predictable cost of the Vissani VS47HSTMW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 321 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.