What the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S costs to run
At 400 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $75 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 MAW08V1YWT-S compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.7% less, ranking 96 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S on that list: Midea MAW08V1UWT ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW08W1QWT ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 38 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).
Midea MAW08V1YWT-S over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$75/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 96 of 447, the Midea MAW08V1YWT-S 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.