Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK
At 537 kWh/yr, the Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $101 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK against the category
That's 39.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,628 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 $28/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Forno FFFFD1786-31S ($101/yr, 537 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK. Bosch B33CM10SNS ($101/yr, 537 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Forno's own models
Forno makes 36 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 19 of 36 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS at $51/yr, and its priciest, the FFFFD1783-36WHT at $118/yr.
Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK that long and it costs about $1,312 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK 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 $101/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK already costs $101/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,628 of 4,704, the Forno FFFFD1786-31BLK sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 537 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.