Midea MLE52N7AWW: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MLE52N7AWW at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $114 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 6.3% above the clothes dryer category average of 572 kWh/yr, and ranks 317 of 639 certified clothes dryers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 639 currently-certified clothes dryers feeds that average, putting this model about $7/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among clothes dryers, one step cheaper is Midea MLE52N5AWW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MLHE27H7BCG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 6 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MLE27N5AWWC at $44/yr, and its priciest, the MLTG54S7ACG at $129/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Midea MLE52N7AWW that long and it costs about $1,372 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MLE52N7AWW is already efficient for its category at $114/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new clothes dryer costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MLE52N7AWW ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a clothes dryer, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 317 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLE52N7AWW 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.