What the Midea MAW18R2VWT costs to run
The Midea MAW18R2VWT is certified by ENERGY STAR at 900 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $169 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MAW18R2VWT against the category
That's 49.3% above the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 399 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $56/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MAW18RV1CWT ($169/yr, 900 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MAW18R2VWT. Keystone KSTAW182WA ($169/yr, 900 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 148 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.
Midea MAW18R2VWT over 10 years
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $169/year, the Midea MAW18R2VWT adds up to about $1,692 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $169/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $169/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
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 900 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.