VITARA VTFR1201EBE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
VITARA VTFR1201EBE: running cost
At 310 kWh/yr, the VITARA VTFR1201EBE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $58 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 19.7% less, ranking 1,834 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $14/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the VITARA VTFR1201EBE: VITARA VTFR1201 ($58/yr, 310 kWh/yr), then VITARA VTFR1201ESE ($58/yr, 310 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
Ranked 14 of VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VLUF1101EBE ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, its priciest).
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 VTFR1201EBE that long and it costs about $758 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $58/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the VITARA VTFR1201EBE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 310 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.