GE GWE19JYL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GE GWE19JYL: running cost
The GE GWE19JYL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 547 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GWE19JYL against the category
That's 41.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,707 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 $30/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
AVIVA ARBM184FSE2 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GWE19JYL. GE GWE19JSL ($103/yr, 547 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GE lineup
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 84 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN at $136/yr.
GE GWE19JYL 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 GWE19JYL that long and it costs about $1,337 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $103/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $103/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. 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.