Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1: running cost
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $113 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.
How the Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1 compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 0.5% less, ranking 270 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1 on that list: Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ123WC1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Frigidaire Gallery GHWW125TE1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 8 of Frigidaire Gallery's 9 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the GHWQ083WC1 ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the GHWW125TE1 ($113/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
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 GHWQ125WD1 that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $113/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
The Frigidaire Gallery GHWQ125WD1 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.
How this was checked
At rank 270 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 600 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.