Midea MRF29D6A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea MRF29D6A costs to run
At 782 kWh/yr, the Midea MRF29D6A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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.
How the Midea MRF29D6A compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 102.6% above it, ranking 4,674 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $74/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRF29D6A on that list: Midea MRF29D3AWW ($147/yr, 782 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRF29D6AST ($147/yr, 782 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 160 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 MRF29D6A 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 MRF29D6A that long and it costs about $1,911 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MRF29D6A 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MRF29D6A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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.