Cafe CJE23DMW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Cafe CJE23DMW: running cost
At 624 kWh/yr, the Cafe CJE23DMW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $117 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Cafe CJE23DMW against the category
That's 61.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,172 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 $45/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Cafe CJE23DPW ($117/yr, 624 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Cafe CJE23DMW. Midea MRF23I8 ($117/yr, 622 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Cafe's own models
Cafe makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CJE23DMW that long and it costs about $1,525 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $117/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 Cafe CJE23DMW or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$117/year to run is the predictable cost of the Cafe CJE23DMW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
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.