Midea WHS-625FWESS1: running cost
The Midea WHS-625FWESS1 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 244 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $46 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 WHS-625FWESS1 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.8% less, ranking 1,007 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea WHS-625FWESS1 on that list: Midea MU170CWBR1RC1 ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea WHS-625FWEW1 ($46/yr, 244 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 39 of Midea's 162 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MRW14B2ABB ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MRF29D9B** ($147/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea WHS-625FWESS1 that long and it costs about $596 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$46/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea WHS-625FWESS1; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
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. The 244 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.