Mora RB220P5SEM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Mora RB220P5SEM costs to run
The Mora RB220P5SEM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 587 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $110 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 52.1% above it, ranking 3,981 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 $38/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 Mora RB220P5SEM: Mora MRB221N6BE ($110/yr, 587 kWh/yr), then Bertazzoni REF36FDFIXN ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr).
Comparing Mora's own models
Ranked 18 of Mora's 22 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT073N1GEM ($55/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRM260N6TEW ($130/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 Mora RB220P5SEM that long and it costs about $1,435 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $110/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 Mora RB220P5SEM or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Mora RB220P5SEM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.