Midea MRB19B7 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea MRB19B7
The Midea MRB19B7 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 550 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $103 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 MRB19B7 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.5% above it, ranking 3,753 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRB19B7 on that list: Liebherr CS 2092G ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Moffat MDE19D ($103/yr, 550 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 124 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B ($147/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea MRB19B7 that long and it costs about $1,344 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MRB19B7 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 $103/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the Midea MRB19B7 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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.