Midea MLTG54N5CHG Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Midea MLTG54N5CHG: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MLTG54N5CHG at 687 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a clothes dryer
The category average is 572 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.1% above it, ranking 591 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 $22/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 MLTG54N5CHG: Midea MLTG54N5CCG ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Midea MLTG54N5CWW ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 32 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).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 12-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MLTG54N5CHG costs roughly $1,550 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MLTG54N5CHG runs above its category average. If the clothes dryer you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $129/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MLTG54N5CHG; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 591 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTG54N5CHG 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. The rest of what changes this number, by state rather than by model, is in the guide to why your state changes this number.