Midea MAW06S1KWT-A: running cost
At 281.3 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW06S1KWT-A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $53 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW06S1KWT-A against the category
That's 53.3% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 12 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $60/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW06V1KYWT-S ($53/yr, 281.3 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW06S1KWT-A. TCL W5WC72M-B ($51/yr, 273.7 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 2 of 161 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 at $49/yr, and its priciest, the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 at $254/yr.
Midea MAW06S1KWT-A over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MAW06S1KWT-A costs roughly $529 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MAW06S1KWT-A is already efficient for its category at $53/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A room air conditioner like the Midea MAW06S1KWT-A is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 12 of 447, the Midea MAW06S1KWT-A sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 281.3 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.