Running cost for the GE GTE18GTN****
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GTE18GTN**** at 443 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $83 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 14.8% above it, ranking 3,152 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $11/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the GE GTE18GTN****: GE GTE18GSN**** ($83/yr, 443 kWh/yr), then Liebherr SCB7760IM ($84/yr, 445 kWh/yr).
Within the GE lineup
Ranked 57 of GE's 131 certified refrigerators, this sits between the GME04GGK**** ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GFE28GYN**** ($136/yr, its priciest).
GE GTE18GTN**** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE GTE18GTN**** costs roughly $1,083 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GTE18GTN**** 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.
If you're keeping it
$83/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE GTE18GTN****; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.