Mora RT210N3AEM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Mora RT210N3AEM
The Mora RT210N3AEM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 394 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $74 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 Mora RT210N3AEM compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 2.1% above it, ranking 2,878 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Mora RT210N3AEM on that list: Midea HD-774 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung RT21M623 ($74/yr, 394 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 6 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 RT210N3AEM that long and it costs about $963 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Mora RT210N3AEM already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
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 394 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.