Running cost for the VITARA VFFR1803ESE
At 435 kWh/yr, the VITARA VFFR1803ESE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VFFR1803ESE against the category
That's 12.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,092 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
GE GIE17GSN**** ($82/yr, 436 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VFFR1803ESE. VITARA VFFR1802ESSE ($82/yr, 435 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 40 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VFFR1803ESE that long and it costs about $1,063 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The VITARA VFFR1803ESE 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 VFFR1803ESE 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 435 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 3,092 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.