Midea MAW12U1KWT-A Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MAW12U1KWT-A
At 562.5 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW12U1KWT-A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $106 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 MAW12U1KWT-A compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 6.7% less, ranking 232 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $8/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MAW12U1KWT-A on that list: Midea MAW12U1KWT ($106/yr, 562.5 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW12V1KYWT-S ($106/yr, 562.5 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 90 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 MAW12U1KWT-A over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $106/year, the Midea MAW12U1KWT-A adds up to about $1,058 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $106/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
The Midea MAW12U1KWT-A already costs $106/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
At rank 232 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 562.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.