Cafe CGE29DMT Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Cafe CGE29DMT: running cost
At 681 kWh/yr, the Cafe CGE29DMT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $128 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Cafe CGE29DMT against the category
That's 76.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,402 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 $55/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Cafe CGE29DPT ($128/yr, 681 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Cafe CGE29DMT. GE Profile PFE24HYR ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Cafe makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 10 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCP06BPP at $52/yr, and its priciest, the CVE28DP4NH at $142/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Cafe CGE29DMT costs roughly $1,664 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Cafe CGE29DMT 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 $128/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $128/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 681 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.