Cafe CVE28DP3NH Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Cafe CVE28DP3NH
The Cafe CVE28DP3NH 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.
The $142 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Cafe CVE28DP3NH against the category
That's 96.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,641 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 CVE28DP3NI ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Cafe CVE28DP3NH. Cafe CVE28DP2NK ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Cafe makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 33 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $142/year, the Cafe CVE28DP3NH adds up to about $1,850 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Cafe CVE28DP3NH 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
The Cafe CVE28DP3NH already costs $142/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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.