TCL T06WQ2S: running cost
At 328.5 kWh/yr, the TCL T06WQ2S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $62 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 TCL T06WQ2S compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 45.5% less, ranking 25 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $52/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the TCL T06WQ2S on that list: TCL H6W4KW ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while TCL T06WV9R ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of TCL's 59 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the T05WV9M ($51/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the T24WQ2S ($266/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $62/year, the TCL T06WQ2S adds up to about $618 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $62/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
The TCL T06WQ2S already costs $62/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
Ranked 25 of 447, the TCL T06WQ2S 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. The 328.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.