GE Profile PVD28BYND Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GE Profile PVD28BYND: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PVD28BYND at 758 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $143 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.4% above it, ranking 4,646 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $70/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the GE Profile PVD28BYND: GE Profile PVD28BYNC ($143/yr, 758 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PVD28BYNE ($143/yr, 758 kWh/yr).
Comparing GE Profile's own models
Ranked 39 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 PVD28BYND that long and it costs about $1,853 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The GE Profile PVD28BYND 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 $143/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$143/year to run is the predictable cost of the GE Profile PVD28BYND; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 4,646 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.