GE Profile PHNT10CCH1 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
GE Profile PHNT10CCH1: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GE Profile PHNT10CCH1 at 525.5 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $99 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
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 12.9% less, ranking 215 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 $15/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 GE Profile PHNT10CCH1: HOUSE KOBO KOBOGJC10BU ($96/yr, 510.2 kWh/yr), then Friedrich WCVT10B30B ($99/yr, 528.2 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 of GE Profile's 9 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the PWDV08W# ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the PWDV14W# ($132/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the GE Profile PHNT10CCH1 costs roughly $988 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $99/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $99/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 215 of 447, the GE Profile PHNT10CCH1 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.