Midea MLTG54N5CWWC Running Cost (Clothes Dryer)
Running cost for the Midea MLTG54N5CWWC
At 687 kWh/yr, the Midea MLTG54N5CWWC's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified clothes dryer.
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 593 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 MLTG54N5CWWC: Midea MLTG54N5CWW ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr), then Midea MLTG54S7ACG ($129/yr, 687 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 34 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
12 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $129/year, the Midea MLTG54N5CWWC adds up to about $1,550 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MLTG54N5CWWC 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$129/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MLTG54N5CWWC; 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 593 of 639 certified dryers for running cost, the Midea MLTG54N5CWWC 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.