What the Cafe CVE28DP*NG** costs to run
The Cafe CVE28DP*NG** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 757 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.1% above it, ranking 4,636 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 $70/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 Cafe CVE28DP*NG**: Cafe CVE28DP*NF** ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr), then Cafe CVE28DP2NH** ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr).
Comparing Cafe's own models
Ranked 28 of Cafe's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCP06BP*P*** ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CVE28DP4NH** ($142/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CVE28DP*NG** 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 CVE28DP*NG** 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $142/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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 757 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.