Friedrich KCVS12B10A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Friedrich KCVS12B10A at 625 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $118 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
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 3.6% above it, ranking 323 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 $4/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 KCVS12B10A: GE Profile PHNT12CCH1 ($117/yr, 622.4 kWh/yr), then GE Appliances AWGP12W**# ($118/yr, 625 kWh/yr).
Within the Friedrich lineup
Ranked 8 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Friedrich KCVS12B10A costs roughly $1,175 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $118/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Friedrich KCVS12B10A 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
Ranked 323 of 447, the Friedrich KCVS12B10A sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 625 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.