GE Profile PYE22KEL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the GE Profile PYE22KEL costs to run
At 665 kWh/yr, the GE Profile PYE22KEL's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $125 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Profile PYE22KEL against the category
That's 72.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,351 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 $52/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE Profile PYE22KMK ($125/yr, 665 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Profile PYE22KEL. GE Profile PYE22KBL ($125/yr, 665 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GE Profile's own models
GE Profile makes 46 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 20 of 46 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the PNE21NYR at $107/yr, and its priciest, the PVD28HYY at $143/yr.
GE Profile PYE22KEL 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 PYE22KEL that long and it costs about $1,625 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Profile PYE22KEL 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 $125/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the GE Profile PYE22KEL is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
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. The 665 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.