Model
Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1
Rank #291 means 290 of the 404 room air conditioner models we track cost less to run each year; the 28th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 28% of those models.
What does the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 cost to run per year?
The Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 costs about $116 a year to run, more than most of the 404 room air conditioner models we track; it ranks #291. It uses 35% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $178/yr to run, a saving of roughly $62 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 28 suggests its capacity is doing more work than its efficiency to keep the headline cost down. Its CEER of 14.7 reflects combined energy efficiency ratio, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Zokop TIWC-12CRD1 at $111/yr runs a little cheaper and the Friedrich KCVS12B10A at $116/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A room air conditioner typically stays in service for somewhere around 10 years; over that span, the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1's $116/yr adds up to roughly $1160 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $116/yr, here is what the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 costs about $1160. That is roughly $620 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1780 over the same ten years.
How the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 compares
The room air conditioner class we track runs from $51 to $389 a year. At $116/yr, it runs about $17 a year above the class median of $99, and it is about $65 a year more than the cheapest room air conditioner to run at $51. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $178/yr, the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 uses 35% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 12200 BTU/hr, the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 is a large room air conditioner for its class, which spans 5000 to 34100 BTU/hr with a median of 10100 BTU/hr, and larger room air conditioner models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. Its CEER of 14.7, below the class median of 15, reflects combined energy efficiency ratio: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- Combined Energy Efficiency Ratio (CEER). Two units with the same BTU rating can post very different running costs, and CEER is the figure that explains most of that gap.
- BTU cooling capacity. BTU rating scales with room size, and it is usually the first driver of an air conditioner's running cost, ahead of its CEER figure.
- Thermostat and mode usage. How the unit is actually operated, thermostat cycling versus a fixed setting, moves real electricity use more than the rated BTU or CEER figure alone.
Common questions
Is the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 cheap to run?
Its $116/yr running cost, rank #291 of 404, is above what most room air conditioner models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 cost per month?
About $9.63 a month, which is the $116 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 622 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $116 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Ge Profile PHNT12CCH1 for its size?
28th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 290 | Zokop TIWC-12CRD112000 BTU/hr | $111 |
| 289 | Whirlpool WHAW-121IN12000 BTU/hr | $111 |
| 288 | Vissani VWL1225T12000 BTU/hr | $111 |
| 287 | Vissani VAWA12V4HWT12000 BTU/hr | $111 |
| 286 | Tcl T12WQ2S12000 BTU/hr | $111 |
Source
ES_1123206_PHNT12CCH1_10232023162410_537073View certified room air conditioner listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Ge Profile and PHNT12CCH1 are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.