What the VITARA VFFR2103ESE costs to run
The VITARA VFFR2103ESE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 577 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $108 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VFFR2103ESE against the category
That's 49.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,896 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 $36/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bosch B36IT905NP ($109/yr, 579 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VFFR2103ESE. LG LF21G6201* ($108/yr, 574 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
Among VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $61/year over the VLUF1101EBE, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $108/year, the VITARA VFFR2103ESE adds up to about $1,410 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VFFR2103ESE 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 $108/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The VITARA VFFR2103ESE already costs $108/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.