Running cost for the Midea MLTG45N6CWW
The Midea MLTG45N6CWW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 687 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among clothes dryers currently certified.
That $129 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 MLTG45N6CWW compares to other clothes dryers
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 589 of 639 clothes dryers tracked here for running cost. 639 certified clothes dryers, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MLTG45N6CWW on that list: Midea MLTG45N5CWWC ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MLTG54N5CCG ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 30 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 MLTG45N6CWW over 12 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical clothes dryer's service life at 12 years; run the Midea MLTG45N6CWW that long and it costs about $1,550 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $129/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $129/year just to run, a clothes dryer is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 589 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTG45N6CWW 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.