Cafe CVE28DMNE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Cafe CVE28DMNE
At 757 kWh/yr, the Cafe CVE28DMNE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $142 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 Cafe CVE28DMNE compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.1% above it, ranking 4,628 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $70/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Cafe CVE28DMNE on that list: Cafe CVE28DMNC ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Cafe CVE28DMNF ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Cafe's own models
Ranked 20 of Cafe's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCP06BPP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CVE28DP4NH ($142/yr, its priciest).
Cafe CVE28DMNE over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CVE28DMNE that long and it costs about $1,850 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Cafe CVE28DMNE 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 $142/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Cafe CVE28DMNE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 4,628 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.