Midea MRM33S4AWWC: running cost
The Midea MRM33S4AWWC is certified by ENERGY STAR at 220 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
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.
How the Midea MRM33S4AWWC compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43% less, ranking 772 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 MRM33S4AWWC on that list: Midea MRM33S4ASLC ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRM33S7ASL ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 24 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 MRM33S4AWWC that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
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
At $41/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
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. The 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.