Running cost for the Friedrich CCV15A10A
ENERGY STAR certifies the Friedrich CCV15A10A at 781.3 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $147 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Friedrich CCV15A10A against the category
That's 29.6% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 383 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $34/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL H15W4KW ($147/yr, 781.3 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Friedrich CCV15A10A. Friedrich WCVT12B10A ($144/yr, 767 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Friedrich makes 28 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 17 of 28 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the CCV08A10A at $75/yr, and its priciest, the KCVL36B30A at $394/yr.
Friedrich CCV15A10A over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $147/year, the Friedrich CCV15A10A adds up to about $1,469 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Friedrich CCV15A10A runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner 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 $147/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $147/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
At rank 383 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 781.3 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.