GE Profile PFE28KBL Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: GE Profile PFE28KBL
Brand: GE Profile

What the GE Profile PFE28KBL costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$136/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFE28KBL at 725 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.37per day

$11.36per month

725kWh per year, certified

$1,772over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $136 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

GE Profile PFE28KBL against the category

That's 87.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,560 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 $64/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

GE Profile PFE28KMK ($136/yr, 725 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PFE28KBL. GE GFE28GYN ($136/yr, 725 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

GE Profile makes 46 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 34 of 46 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PNE21NYR at $107/yr, and its priciest, the PVD28HYY at $143/yr.

GE Profile PFE28KBL 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 Profile PFE28KBL that long and it costs about $1,772 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

Running above the category average, $136/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

$136/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE Profile PFE28KBL; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

At rank 4,560 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. The 725 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.