Cafe CVE28DP2NI Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Cafe CVE28DP2NI
At 757 kWh/yr, the Cafe CVE28DP2NI's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $142 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Cafe CVE28DP2NI against the category
That's 96.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,638 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 $70/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Cafe CVE28DP2NJ ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Cafe CVE28DP2NI. Cafe CVE28DP2NH ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Cafe's own models
Cafe makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 30 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 CVE28DP2NI costs roughly $1,850 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Cafe CVE28DP2NI 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$142/year to run is the predictable cost of the Cafe CVE28DP2NI; 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. Ranked 4,638 of 4,704, the Cafe CVE28DP2NI sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.