What the Midea MRS24D9*** costs to run
The Midea MRS24D9*** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 656 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $123 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 MRS24D9*** compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 69.9% above it, ranking 4,313 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $51/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRS24D9*** on that list: Midea MRS24D8*** ($123/yr, 656 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung RF27CG5010** ($123/yr, 656 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 139 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 MRS24D9*** 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 MRS24D9*** that long and it costs about $1,603 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MRS24D9*** 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 $123/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Midea MRS24D9*** already costs $123/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 656 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.