Running cost for the VITARA VTFR2400ESE
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VTFR2400ESE at 422 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $79 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
VITARA VTFR2400ESE against the category
That's 9.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,019 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 $7/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
VITARA VTFR2400ESS ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the VITARA VTFR2400ESE. VITARA VTFR2400EBE ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the VITARA lineup
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 35 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VTFR2400ESE that long and it costs about $1,031 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The VITARA VTFR2400ESE 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 $79/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the VITARA VTFR2400ESE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 422 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.