GE GYE18JYL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GE GYE18JYL: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE GYE18JYL at 613 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
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 4,130 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 GYE18JYL: GE GYE18JSL ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PYE18HML ($115/yr, 613 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 104 of GE's 131 certified refrigerators, this sits between the GME04GGK ($43/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GFE28GYN ($136/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the GE GYE18JYL that long and it costs about $1,498 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE GYE18JYL 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The GE GYE18JYL already costs $115/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,130 of 4,704, the GE GYE18JYL 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.