GE GYE18JML****: running cost
At 613 kWh/yr, the GE GYE18JML****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $115 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 58.8% above it, ranking 4,128 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 $43/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 GYE18JML****: GE GYE18JEM**** ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr), then GE GYE18JSL**** ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr).
Comparing GE's own models
Ranked 102 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 GYE18JML**** 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 GYE18JML**** that long and it costs about $1,498 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE GYE18JML**** 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 $115/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$115/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE GYE18JML****; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 613 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 4,128 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.