Running cost for the Midea MAW06V1QWT
At 298 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW06V1QWT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $56 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 room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 50.6% less, ranking 17 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $57/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 MAW06V1QWT: Midea MAW06V1QWBL-T ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr), then Midea MAW06V1UBL ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 6 of Midea's 161 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 ($254/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MAW06V1QWT costs roughly $560 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $56/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
Whether or not the Midea MAW06V1QWT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 298 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.