What the Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG costs to run
The Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG is certified by ENERGY STAR at 782 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $147 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 refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 102.6% above it, ranking 4,667 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $74/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 MDRF1100FGF04PRG: KUCHT KR900X ($147/yr, 782 kWh/yr), then Midea MRF29D2*** ($147/yr, 782 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 153 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B** ($147/yr, its priciest).
Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG that long and it costs about $1,911 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG runs above its category average. If the refrigerator 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 $147/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MDRF1100FGF04PRG ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 782 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.