VITARA VFFR1700ESE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
VITARA VFFR1700ESE: running cost
At 504 kWh/yr, the VITARA VFFR1700ESE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $95 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VFFR1700ESE against the category
That's 30.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,520 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VFFR1700ESSE ($95/yr, 504 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VFFR1700ESE. VITARA VFFR1700ESBE ($95/yr, 504 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 51 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
VITARA VFFR1700ESE over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $95/year, the VITARA VFFR1700ESE adds up to about $1,232 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VFFR1700ESE 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.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 504 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.