GE GTE22JTN Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the GE GTE22JTN costs to run
At 405 kWh/yr, the GE GTE22JTN's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $76 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 4.9% above it, ranking 2,975 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 $4/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 GTE22JTN: GE GTE22JMN ($76/yr, 405 kWh/yr), then Bosch B24CB50ESS ($76/yr, 406 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 41 of GE's 131 certified refrigerators, this sits between the GME04GGK ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GFE28GYN ($136/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $76/year, the GE GTE22JTN adds up to about $990 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $76/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 GTE22JTN ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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. The 405 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.