Midea MRF18B4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea MRF18B4
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MRF18B4 at 549 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.2% above it, ranking 3,722 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 $31/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 MRF18B4: Midea MDRF699FGF04PRR ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr), then Moffat MNE18D ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 123 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B ($147/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea MRF18B4 that long and it costs about $1,342 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $103/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Midea MRF18B4 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Midea MRF18B4 already costs $103/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
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.