Midea MRM33B4ABB: running cost
At 220 kWh/yr, the Midea MRM33B4ABB's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $41 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43% less, ranking 770 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 MRM33B4ABB: Midea MRM33B2A** ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr), then Midea MRM33S4ASLC ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 22 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 MRM33B4ABB 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 MRM33B4ABB that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Midea MRM33B4ABB already costs $41/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. Ranked 770 of 4,704, the Midea MRM33B4ABB 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.