Midea MAW12V1WWT-T Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea MAW12V1WWT-T
At 562.5 kWh/yr, the Midea MAW12V1WWT-T'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.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 6.7% less, ranking 237 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 $8/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 MAW12V1WWT-T: Midea MAW12V1WWT ($106/yr, 562.5 kWh/yr), then Midea MWAUQB-12CRFN8-BCP0 ($106/yr, 562.5 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 95 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 MAW12V1WWT-T over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MAW12V1WWT-T costs roughly $1,058 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $106/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
At $106/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
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 562.5 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.