Mora MRB221N6AWE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Mora MRB221N6AWE: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Mora MRB221N6AWE at 501 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.
Mora MRB221N6AWE against the category
That's 29.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,512 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Whirlpool WRF532SNB ($94/yr, 501 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Mora MRB221N6AWE. Mora MRB221N6ASE ($94/yr, 501 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Mora's own models
Mora makes 22 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 of 22 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT073N1GEM at $55/yr, and its priciest, the MRM260N6TEW at $130/yr.
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 Mora MRB221N6AWE that long and it costs about $1,224 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $94/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Mora MRB221N6AWE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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. The 501 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.