Midea MDT24P6 Running Cost (Dishwasher)
Running cost for the Midea MDT24P6
The Midea MDT24P6 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 229 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among dishwashers currently certified.
That $43 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 MDT24P6 compares to other dishwashers
Against the category average of 232 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.3% less, ranking 134 of 737 dishwashers tracked here for running cost. 737 certified dishwashers, one average, about $1/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MDT24P6 on that list: Midea MDT24P3C ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MDT24P7 ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 6 of Midea's 24 certified dishwashers, this sits between the MDC22P1 ($29/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDT24X2A ($45/yr, its priciest).
Midea MDT24P6 over 9 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical dishwasher's service life at 9 years; run the Midea MDT24P6 that long and it costs about $387 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified dishwashers go, $43/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
A dishwasher like the Midea MDT24P6 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.
How this was checked
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. The 229 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.