What the VITARA VBCR2001EWE costs to run
At 345 kWh/yr, the VITARA VBCR2001EWE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VBCR2001EWE against the category
That's 10.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,377 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Zline SRBCRV-36 ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VBCR2001EWE. UNIQUE UNQ-FR7CT Y AC ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 24 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VBCR2001EWE that long and it costs about $843 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VBCR2001EWE is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the VITARA VBCR2001EWE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,377 of 4,704, the VITARA VBCR2001EWE 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.