Midea MERM17B0A Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Midea MERM17B0A
Brand: Midea

Midea MERM17B0A: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$46/year at the national-average rate

At 246 kWh/yr, the Midea MERM17B0A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.13per day

$3.85per month

246kWh per year, certified

$601over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Midea MERM17B0A against the category

That's 36.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,072 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $26/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Midea MERM17B0ABB ($46/yr, 246 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MERM17B0A. MicroChill MCH1G2317 ($46/yr, 246 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 41 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.

What this adds up to over time

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $46/year, the Midea MERM17B0A adds up to about $601 in electricity over that span.

Weighing a replacement

The Midea MERM17B0A is already efficient for its category at $46/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $46/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

Ranked 1,072 of 4,704, the Midea MERM17B0A sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 246 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.