Richmond RMV12A10A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Richmond RMV12A10A at 600 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 310 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $1/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is PHILODECO PIWC-12CRD1(ES) ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ROVSUN RVTIW-12CRD1 ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Within the Richmond lineup
Among Richmond's 3 certified room air conditioners, this is the priciest to run, $38/year over the RMV08A10A, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Richmond RMV12A10A costs roughly $1,128 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Richmond RMV12A10A 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Richmond RMV12A10A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 600 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.