What the GE Profile PWE23KEL**** costs to run
At 596 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PWE23KEL****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $112 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 54.4% above it, ranking 4,055 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 $39/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 PWE23KEL****: GE GWE23GYN**** ($112/yr, 596 kWh/yr), then GE Profile PWE23KMK**** ($112/yr, 596 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 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 PWE23KEL**** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PWE23KEL**** costs roughly $1,457 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $112/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.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the GE Profile PWE23KEL**** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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. Ranked 4,055 of 4,704, the GE Profile PWE23KEL**** sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.