What the GE GTE18GSN**** costs to run
The GE GTE18GSN**** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 443 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $83 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GTE18GSN**** against the category
That's 14.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,151 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 $11/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GTE18GTN**** ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GTE18GSN****. GE GTE18GMN**** ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 56 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK**** at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN**** at $136/yr.
GE GTE18GSN**** 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 GTE18GSN**** that long and it costs about $1,083 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GTE18GSN**** 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 $83/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$83/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE GTE18GSN****; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 443 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 3,151 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.