Midea MRU14F5A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea MRU14F5A costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MRU14F5A at 204 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $38 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 47.2% less, ranking 311 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 $34/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 MRU14F5A: Frigidaire EFR492 ($38/yr, 204 kWh/yr), then Thomson TFR441 ($38/yr, 204 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 5 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 MRU14F5A 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 MRU14F5A that long and it costs about $499 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $38/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
$38/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MRU14F5A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 311 of 4,704, the Midea MRU14F5A 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. The 204 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.