TCL T06WV9R: running cost
At 328.5 kWh/yr, the TCL T06WV9R's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $62 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL T06WV9R against the category
That's 45.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 26 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 $52/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL T06WV9RB ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL T06WV9R. TCL T06WQ2S ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
TCL makes 59 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 11 of 59 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T05WV9M at $51/yr, and its priciest, the T24WQ2S at $266/yr.
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 TCL T06WV9R that long and it costs about $618 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The TCL T06WV9R is already efficient for its category at $62/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
At $62/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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 328.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.