What the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR at 499 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR against the category
That's 29.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,492 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 $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
FULGOR MILANO FM4BM28IFBI ($94/yr, 499 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR. Bertazzoni REF28BMBIPNV ($94/yr, 499 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the FORTE lineup
Among FORTE's 4 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $33/year over the F17UFESC450PR, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR costs roughly $1,220 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $94/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the FORTE F12BFRESIC450PR ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 3,492 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.