GE GBE21AYR Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the GE GBE21AYR
The GE GBE21AYR is certified by ENERGY STAR at 488 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $92 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 GE GBE21AYR compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 26.4% above it, ranking 3,459 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $19/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE GBE21AYR on that list: GE GBE21AGK ($92/yr, 488 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE GBE21DGK ($92/yr, 488 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 69 of GE's 131 certified refrigerators, this sits between the GME04GGK ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GFE28GYN ($136/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 GE GBE21AYR 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 GBE21AYR 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.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE GBE21AYR 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
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.