Midea WHD-774FWE1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea WHD-774FWE1 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea WHD-774FWE1 at 396 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $74 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 2.6% above it, ranking 2,902 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 $2/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 WHD-774FWE1: Midea WHD-774FW1 ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr), then SANKEY RF 2360 W ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 113 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 WHD-774FWE1 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea WHD-774FWE1 costs roughly $968 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/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
The Midea WHD-774FWE1 already costs $74/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 396 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.