GE Profile PFE28PYN Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: GE Profile PFE28PYN
Brand: GE Profile

What the GE Profile PFE28PYN costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$136/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PFE28PYN 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 PFE28PYN against the category

That's 87.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,563 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

LG LF25S6560 ($136/yr, 726 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PFE28PYN. GE Profile PFE28KYN ($136/yr, 725 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

GE Profile makes 46 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 37 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 PFE28PYN that long and it costs about $1,772 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The GE Profile PFE28PYN 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 $136/year every year.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $136/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

At rank 4,563 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.