ApplianceCostFinder

What the VITARA VLUF2100ESE costs to run

Cheaper than most models in its category to run
$59/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VLUF2100ESE at 314 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.16per day
$4.92per month
314kWh per year, certified
$767over a 13-yr lifespan

The $59 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

VITARA VLUF2100ESE against the category

That's 18.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,907 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 $14/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

VITARA VLUF2100EWE ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VLUF2100ESE. VITARA VLUF2100E*E ($59/yr, 314 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 18 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.

VITARA VLUF2100ESE over 13 years

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the VITARA VLUF2100ESE costs roughly $767 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Weighing a replacement

The VITARA VLUF2100ESE is already efficient for its category at $59/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

The VITARA VLUF2100ESE already costs $59/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

Ranked 1,907 of 4,704, the VITARA VLUF2100ESE 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 314 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.