What the VITARA VFFR1700ESBE costs to run
The VITARA VFFR1700ESBE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 504 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $95 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 30.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,519 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 $22/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 VEFFD3316RISL ($95/yr, 504 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is VITARA VFFR1700ESE ($95/yr, 504 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 50 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $95/year, the VITARA VFFR1700ESBE adds up to about $1,232 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VFFR1700ESBE 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 $95/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $95/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Ranked 3,519 of 4,704, the VITARA VFFR1700ESBE 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. The 504 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.