New Zealand · costs in NZD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA Fridge
Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA is a 202 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0907).
- Total capacity
- 202 L
- 148 L fridge + 54 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 5
- Star rating index 5.00
- Annual electricity use
- 180 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $59 / year
- $4.95 / month · $594 over 10 years
34% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 94% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $30 a year less than the median, $304 over 10 years.
Uses 47% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (343 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA running cost
- Per month
- $4.95
- Per year
- $59
- 5 years
- $297
- 10 years
- $594
180 kWh × 33c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 202 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 148 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 54 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 244 L
- fresh food compartment
- 148 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 54 L gross
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
Fridges similar to the Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM202NW5E same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 202 L | 5 | 180 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM200NSS5E same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 202 L | 5 | 180 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRTF206series 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 205 L | 4.5 | 196 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRTF206 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 205 L | 4.5 | 196 | 2% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Heller HFF261W 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL P220TMS 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| Heller HFF261 series 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
| TCL P220TMW 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size | 197 L | 3.5 | 238 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar external size |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 202 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Panasonic NR-TC221BUSA specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,465 mm
- Depth
- 590 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 180 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.004
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 343 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.736
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0907
- GEMS registration id
- 166015
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. Manufacturer: panasonic.co.nz. How the derived figures are calculated.