GE GTE18FTL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the GE GTE18FTL
The GE GTE18FTL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 363 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $68 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 GTE18FTL compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 6% less, ranking 2,597 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $4/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE GTE18FTL on that list: GE GTE18FSL ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Hisense HRT180N6A ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 26 of GE's 131 certified refrigerators, this sits between the GME04GGK ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GFE28GYN ($136/yr, its priciest).
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 GTE18FTL that long and it costs about $887 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE GTE18FTL 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. Ranked 2,597 of 4,704, the GE GTE18FTL 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.