Midea MAD50P1AWS-A: running cost
At 525 kWh/yr, the Midea MAD50P1AWS-A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified dehumidifier.
The $99 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 38.9% above the dehumidifier category average of 378 kWh/yr, and ranks 474 of 546 certified dehumidifiers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 546 currently-certified dehumidifiers feeds that average, putting this model about $28/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 dehumidifiers, one step cheaper is Midea MAD50C1AWS-A ($99/yr, 525 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MDUDP-50AEN8-BB0 ($99/yr, 525 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 44 ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers; this one ranks 43 of 44 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MAD20S1QWT at $47/yr, and its priciest, the MDUDP-50AEN8-BB0 at $99/yr.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for dehumidifiers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $99/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified dehumidifiers before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $99/year just to run, a dehumidifier is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
The full Dehumidifier category page shows all 546 dehumidifiers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 525 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.