What the Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-RS costs to run
The Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-RS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 391 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among freezers currently certified.
That $74 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 freezer
Against the category average of 401 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.5% less, ranking 223 of 658 freezers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 658 freezers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $2/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 Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-RS: Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-LS ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr), then Forno FFFFD1722-28LS ($74/yr, 391 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Forno's 14 certified freezers, this sits between the FFFFD1722-28BLK-LS ($74/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FFFFD1738-28WHT-LS ($84/yr, its priciest).
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified freezers go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-RS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a freezer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 391 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 223 of 658, the Forno FFFFD1722-28BLK-RS sits in the middle of the freezer category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.