Midea MLE27N5AWWC Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Midea MLE27N5AWWC
The Midea MLE27N5AWWC is certified by ENERGY STAR at 236 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $44 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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
Against the category average of 572 kWh/yr, this model uses 58.7% less, ranking 41 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 639 clothes dryers ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $63/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Midea MLE27N5AWWC: Insignia NS-FDRE44W1-C ($44/yr, 236 kWh/yr), then Miele PDR908 HP ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Of the 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers Midea makes, the MLE27N5AWWC is the cheapest to run, $85/year less than Midea's priciest, the MLTG54S7ACG.
Midea MLE27N5AWWC over 12 years
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $44/year, the Midea MLE27N5AWWC adds up to about $532 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $44/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MLE27N5AWWC ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 236 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 41 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLE27N5AWWC is also worth reading with a caveat specific to this category: the methodology page explains why ENERGY STAR's own combined-energy figure for dryers can overstate the electric bill impact of a gas model. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.