What the Friedrich CCV10A10A costs to run
At 500 kWh/yr, the Friedrich CCV10A10A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $94 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 room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 17.1% less, ranking 168 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $19/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 Friedrich CCV10A10A: ELEMENT EHWR10BE ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr), then Frigidaire FHWW105WE1 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of Friedrich's 28 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the CCV08A10A ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the KCVL36B30A ($394/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Friedrich CCV10A10A that long and it costs about $940 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $94/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Friedrich CCV10A10A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, 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. The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.