GE Profile PFE24HYR Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GE Profile PFE24HYR: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFE24HYR 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.
GE Profile PFE24HYR against the category
That's 75.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,401 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 $55/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Cafe CGE29DMT ($128/yr, 681 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PFE24HYR. GE Profile PFE24HML ($128/yr, 679 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE Profile's own models
GE Profile makes 46 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 26 of 46 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PNE21NYR at $107/yr, and its priciest, the PVD28HYY at $143/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 Profile PFE24HYR 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 PFE24HYR 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the GE Profile PFE24HYR is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 679 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.