Midea MRF27I6 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea MRF27I6 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MRF27I6 at 662 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $124 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 71.5% above it, ranking 4,341 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 $52/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 MRF27I6: Midea MDRF996FGF04PRR ($124/yr, 662 kWh/yr), then LG LF26C8210 ($125/yr, 663 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 145 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 MRF27I6 that long and it costs about $1,618 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $124/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 MRF27I6 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MRF27I6 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
Ranked 4,341 of 4,704, the Midea MRF27I6 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 662 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.