Midea MAW12U1QWT: running cost
The Midea MAW12U1QWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 592.1 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $111 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 MAW12U1QWT compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.8% less, ranking 253 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea MAW12U1QWT on that list: Midea 1014278205 ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW12U2QWT ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 101 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MAW12U1QWT that long and it costs about $1,113 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $111/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
$111/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW12U1QWT; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 253 of 447, the Midea MAW12U1QWT 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 592.1 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.