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 CCP06BP*P*** 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.