What the Midea MDC6S5*** costs to run
At 155 kWh/yr, the Midea MDC6S5***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified dishwasher.
The $29 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MDC6S5*** against the category
That's 33.2% below the dishwasher category average of 232 kWh/yr, and ranks 27 of 737 certified dishwashers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every dishwasher ENERGY STAR currently certifies (737 models), not an outside benchmark, about $14/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea WQP6-3602M-US ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MDC6S5***. Midea MDC22P2A** ($29/yr, 155 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified dishwashers; this one ranks 3 of 24 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MDC22P1*** at $29/yr, and its priciest, the MDT24X2A** at $45/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Midea MDC6S5*** that long and it costs about $262 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MDC6S5*** is already efficient for its category at $29/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new dishwasher costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A dishwasher like the Midea MDC6S5*** is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Dishwasher category page shows all 737 dishwashers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.