FORZA FF36FBMS: running cost
At 539 kWh/yr, the FORZA FF36FBMS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $101 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.
How the FORZA FF36FBMS compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 39.6% above it, ranking 3,637 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $29/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the FORZA FF36FBMS on that list: Continental CE-FRF172 ($101/yr, 539 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while FULGOR MILANO FM4FBM36SS ($101/yr, 539 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the FORZA lineup
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators FORZA makes, the FF36FBMS is the cheapest to run, $6/year less than FORZA's priciest, the FF3601FBMS.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the FORZA FF36FBMS that long and it costs about $1,317 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The FORZA FF36FBMS 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the FORZA FF36FBMS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.