Cafe CYE22TPM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Cafe CYE22TPM costs to run
The Cafe CYE22TPM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 665 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $125 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 72.3% above it, ranking 4,345 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 $52/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 CYE22TPM: Samsung RF90F29EE ($125/yr, 663 kWh/yr), then Cafe CYE22UPM ($125/yr, 665 kWh/yr).
Within the Cafe lineup
Ranked 8 of Cafe's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCP06BPP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CVE28DP4NH ($142/yr, its priciest).
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 CYE22TPM that long and it costs about $1,625 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $125/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $125/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 665 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.