Running cost for the Midea MLTE51N5CWW
The Midea MLTE51N5CWW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $114 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
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 329 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 $7/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 MLTE51N5CWW: Midea MLTE45N6CWW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), then Midea MLTE54N5CCG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 18 of Midea's 35 certified clothes dryers, this sits between the MLE27N5AWWC ($44/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MLTG54S7ACG ($129/yr, its priciest).
Midea MLTE51N5CWW over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MLTE51N5CWW costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified clothes dryers go, $114/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Midea MLTE51N5CWW already costs $114/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 608 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 329 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTE51N5CWW 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.