What the Midea WHD-774FSSE1 costs to run
The Midea WHD-774FSSE1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 396 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $74 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 2.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,900 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $2/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is HALLMAN HBFSBMID24VS ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea WHD-774FW1 ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 111 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B** at $147/yr.
Midea WHD-774FSSE1 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 WHD-774FSSE1 that long and it costs about $968 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea WHD-774FSSE1 is already efficient for its category at $74/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $74/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Ranked 2,900 of 4,704, the Midea WHD-774FSSE1 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 396 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.