VITARA VTFR2400ESS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the VITARA VTFR2400ESS 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.
Where this ranks
That's 9.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,020 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is VITARA VTFR2400ESE ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is VITARA VTFR2400EWE ($79/yr, 422 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 36 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $79/year, the VITARA VTFR2400ESS adds up to about $1,031 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The VITARA VTFR2400ESS 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
The VITARA VTFR2400ESS already costs $79/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
At rank 3,020 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. The 422 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.