VITARA VBFR1150ESE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the VITARA VBFR1150ESE costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VBFR1150ESE at 397 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $75 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 VITARA VBFR1150ESE compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 2.8% above it, ranking 2,920 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the VITARA VBFR1150ESE on that list: Vesta VRF-NUNAVUT-24SS ($75/yr, 397 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE GPE12FGZ ($75/yr, 398 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the VITARA lineup
Ranked 33 of VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VLUF1101EBE ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the VITARA VBFR1150ESE costs roughly $970 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The VITARA VBFR1150ESE already costs $75/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
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 397 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.