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.