Running cost for the Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 against the category
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 269 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 $1/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1. Frigidaire FHWW125WE1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Frigidaire Gallery lineup
Frigidaire Gallery makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 7 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the GHWQ083WC1 at $75/yr, and its priciest, the GHWW125TE1 at $113/yr.
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 Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 is already efficient for its category at $113/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 already costs $113/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 269 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.