Midea MLTE54N5CWW Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Midea MLTE54N5CWW
The Midea MLTE54N5CWW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 608 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
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 332 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 MLTE54N5CHG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MLTE54N5CWWC ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Midea makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers; this one ranks 21 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MLE27N5AWWC at $44/yr, and its priciest, the MLTG54S7ACG at $129/yr.
Midea MLTE54N5CWW over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MLTE54N5CWW costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MLTE54N5CWW 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $114/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 332 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTE54N5CWW 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. Whether a repair or a full replacement dryer makes more sense once the electric bill is this well known is covered in the guide to when replacing one pays off.