GE Profile PSE25KYH Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the GE Profile PSE25KYH
The GE Profile PSE25KYH is certified by ENERGY STAR at 643 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $121 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.
How the GE Profile PSE25KYH compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 66.6% above it, ranking 4,254 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $48/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE Profile PSE25KYH on that list: Frigidaire FGHN2868T ($121/yr, 642 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while LG LRFCS29D6 ($121/yr, 643 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing GE Profile's own models
Ranked 18 of GE Profile's 46 certified refrigerators, this sits between the PNE21NYR ($107/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PVD28HYY ($143/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 Profile PSE25KYH that long and it costs about $1,571 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE Profile PSE25KYH 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 $121/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Profile PSE25KYH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.