FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS
At 569 kWh/yr, the FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $107 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 47.4% above it, ranking 3,865 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 $34/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 FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS: FORZA FF3601FBMS ($107/yr, 569 kWh/yr), then KitchenAid KRQC506M ($107/yr, 569 kWh/yr).
Comparing FULGOR MILANO's own models
Ranked 17 of FULGOR MILANO's 19 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FM4CR24FBI ($55/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FM7FBM36IFBI ($111/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS that long and it costs about $1,391 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS 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 $107/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$107/year to run is the predictable cost of the FULGOR MILANO FM6FBM36SS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. 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.