What the GE GSE23GYP**** costs to run
At 615 kWh/yr, the GE GSE23GYP****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $116 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GSE23GYP**** against the category
That's 59.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,143 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 $43/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KitchenAid KBFS25EC* ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GSE23GYP****. GE GSE23GGP**** ($116/yr, 615 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GE lineup
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 106 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK**** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN**** at $136/yr.
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 GSE23GYP**** that long and it costs about $1,503 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE GSE23GYP**** 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 $116/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the GE GSE23GYP**** is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
At rank 4,143 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. The 615 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.