Model
Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV
Rank #594 means 593 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 38th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 38% of those models.
What does the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV cost to run per year?
The Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV costs about $106 a year to run, near the very top of the cost table for its class at rank #594 of 622. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $116/yr to run, a saving of roughly $10 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 38 suggests its capacity is doing more work than its efficiency to keep the headline cost down. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 16.2 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7300R at $105/yr runs a little cheaper and the Elica EC30SLA16IPR at $106/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV's $106/yr adds up to roughly $1484 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Elica EC30SLA16IPR, Fulgor Milano FM4CF30IFBI, Hallman HRBIAF30PR, Kucht KR300TF, Vitara VBCF1661EWE, Zline RBCFV-30.
By the numbers
The Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $106/yr, here is what the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV costs about $1060. That is roughly $100 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1160 over the same ten years.
How the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $106/yr, it runs about $31 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $81 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $116/yr, the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 16.2 cu ft, the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, among freezer models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV cheap to run?
Its $106/yr running cost, rank #594 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV cost per month?
About $8.82 a month, which is the $106 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 570 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $106 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Bertazzoni REF30FCBIPNV for its size?
38th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 593 | Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7300R16 cu ft | $105 |
| 592 | Viking Range,Llc FDFZIC7300L16 cu ft | $105 |
| 591 | Fhiaba S300FZ6IU16 cu ft | $105 |
| 590 | Fhiaba S300FZ3IU16 cu ft | $105 |
| 589 | Gaggenau RF47170115.8 cu ft | $105 |
Source
ES_1145610_REF30FCBIPNV_04232025110241_3613381View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Bertazzoni and REF30FCBIPNV are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.