VITARA VFFR1802ESSE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the VITARA VFFR1802ESSE costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VFFR1802ESSE at 435 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VFFR1802ESSE against the category
That's 12.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,091 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 $9/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VFFR1803ESE ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VFFR1802ESSE. Vesta VRF-ICELAND-30SS� ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 39 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
VITARA VFFR1802ESSE over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the VITARA VFFR1802ESSE costs roughly $1,063 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The VITARA VFFR1802ESSE 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 $82/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The VITARA VFFR1802ESSE already costs $82/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,091 of 4,704, the VITARA VFFR1802ESSE 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 435 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.