GE GFE26JYM Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: GE GFE26JYM
Brand: GE

GE GFE26JYM: running cost

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$132/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GFE26JYM at 700 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.36per day

$10.97per month

700kWh per year, certified

$1,711over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 81.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,478 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 $59/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 GFE26JMM ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung RF29DB9900 ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr).

Within the GE lineup

GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 128 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN at $136/yr.

GE GFE26JYM 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 GFE26JYM that long and it costs about $1,711 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The GE GFE26JYM 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 $132/year every year.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $132/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

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 4,478 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.