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.