Midea WHS-121L1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Midea WHS-121L1 costs to run
The Midea WHS-121L1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 220 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea WHS-121L1 against the category
That's 43% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 779 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $31/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea WHS-121LB1 ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea WHS-121L1. Midea MRM33S9ASL ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 31 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea WHS-121L1 costs roughly $538 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea WHS-121L1 is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea WHS-121L1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 779 of 4,704, the Midea WHS-121L1 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.