What the Midea MRT18D1B** costs to run
The Midea MRT18D1B** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 369 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $69 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 MRT18D1B** compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 4.4% less, ranking 2,697 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $3/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MRT18D1B** on that list: KOOLMORE KM-TMR-18-W ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MRT18D2B** ($69/yr, 369 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 100 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 MRT18D1B** 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 MRT18D1B** that long and it costs about $902 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $69/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$69/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MRT18D1B**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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. Ranked 2,697 of 4,704, the Midea MRT18D1B** 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.