GE GTE17GTN Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: GE GTE17GTN
Brand: GE

GE GTE17GTN: running cost

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$82/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GTE17GTN at 436 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.22per day

$6.83per month

436kWh per year, certified

$1,066over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $82 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

GE GTE17GTN against the category

That's 13% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,097 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 $9/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Beko BFBD30216SSIM ($82/yr, 438 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GTE17GTN. GE GTE17GSN ($82/yr, 436 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the GE lineup

GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 48 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 GTE17GTN that long and it costs about $1,066 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

At $82/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the GE GTE17GTN or its replacement.

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

Protecting what you have

At $82/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,097 of 4,704, the GE GTE17GTN sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.