GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 costs to run
The GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 228 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 against the category
That's 40.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 880 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 $30/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense WMS044M6XBE ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1. GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-B45LA1-1 ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GENUINE COMFORT lineup
Among GENUINE COMFORT's 10 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $4/year over the GCCF-B16LA0-1, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $43/year, the GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 adds up to about $557 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 is already efficient for its category at $43/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S45LA1-1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.