What the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC at 608 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
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.
How the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.3% above it, ranking 333 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC on that list: Midea MLTE54N5CWW ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MLTE54S7ACG ($114/yr, 608 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 22 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 MLTE54N5CWWC over 12 years
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC costs roughly $1,372 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
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
$114/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 333 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTE54N5CWWC 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.