VITARA VFFR1701ESE: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VFFR1701ESE at 537 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $101 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 VFFR1701ESE compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 39.1% above it, ranking 3,633 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $28/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the VITARA VFFR1701ESE on that list: Summit LBFD30174SSIM ($101/yr, 537 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Fisher & Paykel RF170B***J** ($101/yr, 538 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing VITARA's own models
Ranked 68 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VFFR1701ESE that long and it costs about $1,312 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $101/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the VITARA VFFR1701ESE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.