Running cost for the Forno FFRBI1844-36SB
ENERGY STAR certifies the Forno FFRBI1844-36SB at 580 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $109 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 50.3% above it, ranking 3,904 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 $36/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 FFRBI1844-36SB: Forno FFRBI1844-36BLK ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr), then Forno FFRBI1844-36WHT ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr).
Comparing Forno's own models
Ranked 31 of Forno's 36 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS ($51/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FFFFD1783-36WHT ($118/yr, its priciest).
Forno FFRBI1844-36SB 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 FFRBI1844-36SB that long and it costs about $1,418 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Forno FFRBI1844-36SB 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 $109/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $109/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,904 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.