VITARA VBFR1200EISE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the VITARA VBFR1200EISE
At 480 kWh/yr, the VITARA VBFR1200EISE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $90 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 24.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,450 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 $18/year over 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 Verona VEFBF2411RISL ($90/yr, 480 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Maytag MRTX7621T ($91/yr, 482 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 47 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the VITARA VBFR1200EISE costs roughly $1,173 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The VITARA VBFR1200EISE runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $90/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The VITARA VBFR1200EISE already costs $90/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 480 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.