Midea MAW14RV1CWT: running cost
The Midea MAW14RV1CWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 700 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 16.1% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 366 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $18/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Midea MAW14RV1CCWT ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Midea MAW14S1VWT-A ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 137 of 161 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 at $49/yr, and its priciest, the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 at $254/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MAW14RV1CWT costs roughly $1,316 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MAW14RV1CWT runs above its category average. If the room air conditioner you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $132/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Midea MAW14RV1CWT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.