What the VITARA VFFR1800EWE costs to run
The VITARA VFFR1800EWE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 512 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $96 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 32.6% above it, ranking 3,566 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $24/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the VITARA VFFR1800EWE: VITARA VFFR1800ESSE-C ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr), then VITARA VFFR1801ESBE ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 58 of VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VLUF1101EBE ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $96/year, the VITARA VFFR1800EWE adds up to about $1,251 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The VITARA VFFR1800EWE 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 $96/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The VITARA VFFR1800EWE already costs $96/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 512 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,566 of 4,704, the VITARA VFFR1800EWE 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.