Cafe CVE28DP4NH**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Cafe CVE28DP4NH** at 757 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
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 CVE28DP4NH** compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.1% above it, ranking 4,643 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 CVE28DP4NH** on that list: Cafe CVE28DP3NI** ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Café CVE28DM*ND** ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Cafe lineup
Of the 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Cafe makes, the CVE28DP4NH** costs the most to run, $91/year more than Cafe's cheapest, the CCP06BP*P***.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CVE28DP4NH** that long and it costs about $1,850 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Cafe CVE28DP4NH** 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.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Cafe CVE28DP4NH** 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
Ranked 4,643 of 4,704, the Cafe CVE28DP4NH** 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. The 757 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.