GE GBE21AGK****: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GBE21AGK**** at 488 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $92 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GBE21AGK**** against the category
That's 26.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,458 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 $19/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GBE21AYR**** ($92/yr, 488 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GBE21AGK****. GE GNE21DYR**** ($92/yr, 487 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GE lineup
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 68 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK**** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN**** at $136/yr.
GE GBE21AGK**** over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the GE GBE21AGK**** that long and it costs about $1,193 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GBE21AGK**** 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 $92/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE GBE21AGK**** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 488 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 3,458 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.