GE GYE18JEM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the GE GYE18JEM costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GYE18JEM at 613 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $115 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE GYE18JEM against the category
That's 58.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,127 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 $43/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GYE18JML ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE GYE18JEM. Frigidaire LGHK2336T ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE's own models
GE makes 131 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 101 of 131 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GME04GGK at $43/yr, and its priciest, the GFE28GYN at $136/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the GE GYE18JEM that long and it costs about $1,498 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $115/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $115/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,127 of 4,704, the GE GYE18JEM 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. The 613 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.