Running cost for the Forno FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS
At 270 kWh/yr, the Forno FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $51 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 refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.1% less, ranking 1,455 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $22/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 FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS: FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr), then Forno FFFFD1738-28RS ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Within the Forno lineup
Of the 36 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Forno makes, the FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS is the cheapest to run, $68/year less than Forno's priciest, the FFFFD1783-36WHT.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $51/year, the Forno FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS adds up to about $660 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $51/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
At rank 1,455 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 270 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.