GE Profile PVD28BYNF Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the GE Profile PVD28BYNF
The GE Profile PVD28BYNF is certified by ENERGY STAR at 758 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
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.
How the GE Profile PVD28BYNF compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.4% above it, ranking 4,648 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $70/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the GE Profile PVD28BYNF on that list: GE Profile PVD28BYNE ($143/yr, 758 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while GE Profile PVD28BYNG ($143/yr, 758 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 41 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).
GE Profile PVD28BYNF 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 PVD28BYNF that long and it costs about $1,853 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PVD28BYNF 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Profile PVD28BYNF 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
At rank 4,648 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 758 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.