COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS costs to run
The COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 590 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS against the category
That's 52.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,028 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 $38/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Crosley CFDNH2216AS ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS. Avanti FFFD22IWR3S ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing COSMO's own models
COSMO makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 7 of 13 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the COS-RFFV183GHBK at $96/yr, and its priciest, the COS-RFFV283RSS at $118/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $111/year, the COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS adds up to about $1,442 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS 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 $111/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the COSMO COS-FDR223GWSS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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. The 590 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.