GE Appliances AWGP08W# Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
GE Appliances AWGP08W#: running cost
At 454.5 kWh/yr, the GE Appliances AWGP08W#'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GE Appliances AWGP08W# against the category
That's 24.6% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 139 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 $28/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GREE GJH09BW-A6DRNL1A ($87/yr, 461.9 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GE Appliances AWGP08W#. Vissani VAW08V1AWTS ($80/yr, 427 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the GE Appliances lineup
GE Appliances sells 2 certified room air conditioners; this one runs cheapest of them, $32/year under the AWGP12W#, its priciest.
GE Appliances AWGP08W# over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the GE Appliances AWGP08W# that long and it costs about $854 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GE Appliances AWGP08W# is already efficient for its category at $85/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The GE Appliances AWGP08W# already costs $85/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 454.5 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 139 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.