What the Midea MAW06V1UWT costs to run
At 298 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW06V1UWT'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 19 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 MAW06V1UWT: Midea MAW06V1UBL ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr), then Midea MWAUQB-06CRFN8-BCN11 ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 8 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).
What this adds up to over time
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $56/year, the Midea MAW06V1UWT adds up to about $560 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $56/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MAW06V1UWT 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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 19 of 447, the Midea MAW06V1UWT 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.