Running cost for the GE Profile PFE24HML****
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFE24HML**** at 679 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $128 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 75.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,400 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $55/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is GE Profile PFE24HGL**** ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is GE Profile PFE24HYR**** ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
GE Profile makes 46 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 25 of 46 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PNE21NYR**** at $107/yr, and its priciest, the PVD28HYY**** at $143/yr.
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 Profile PFE24HML**** that long and it costs about $1,659 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The GE Profile PFE24HML**** 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 $128/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GE Profile PFE24HML**** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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. The 679 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.