VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C Running Cost (Refrigerator)
VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C: running cost
At 539 kWh/yr, the VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $101 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C against the category
That's 39.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,655 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 $29/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VFFR2101ESE ($101/yr, 539 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C. VITARA VFFR2101ESBE ($101/yr, 539 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 71 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C that long and it costs about $1,317 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C 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 $101/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$101/year to run is the predictable cost of the VITARA VFFR2101ESBE-C; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,655 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.