GE GFE24JYK Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GE GFE24JYK: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GFE24JYK at 679 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $128 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 75.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,397 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $55/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is GE GFE24JMK ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Adora DFE24JYR ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 124 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN at $136/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the GE GFE24JYK that long and it costs about $1,659 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GFE24JYK 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 $128/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE GFE24JYK ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 4,397 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.