Running cost for the TCL W6WC72
ENERGY STAR certifies the TCL W6WC72 at 328.5 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $62 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
TCL W6WC72 against the category
That's 45.5% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 28 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 W6WC72-B ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the TCL W6WC72. TCL T06WV9RB ($62/yr, 328.5 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the TCL lineup
TCL makes 59 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 13 of 59 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T05WV9M at $51/yr, and its priciest, the T24WQ2S at $266/yr.
TCL W6WC72 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 TCL W6WC72 that long and it costs about $618 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The TCL W6WC72 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
A room air conditioner like the TCL W6WC72 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 28 of 447, the TCL W6WC72 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.