What the FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI costs to run
At 345 kWh/yr, the FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI against the category
That's 10.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,349 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 $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
FULGOR MILANO FM7CR36FBI ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI. Frigidaire FGFR797-6COM ($65/yr, 345 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the FULGOR MILANO lineup
FULGOR MILANO makes 19 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 3 of 19 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FM4CR24FBI at $55/yr, and its priciest, the FM7FBM36IFBI at $111/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI costs roughly $843 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI is already efficient for its category at $65/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI already costs $65/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,349 of 4,704, the FULGOR MILANO FM6CR36FBI 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 345 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.