Midea MAW24S2KWT-A: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MAW24S2KWT-A at 1,304.3 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $245 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
The category average is 603 kWh/yr; this model runs 116.3% above it, ranking 419 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 $132/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 MAW24S2KWT-A: Midea MAW24RV1KWT ($245/yr, 1,304.3 kWh/yr), then Midea MAW24V2KYWT-S ($245/yr, 1,304.3 kWh/yr).
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 153 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
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MAW24S2KWT-A costs roughly $2,452 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Midea MAW24S2KWT-A 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 $245/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
$245/year to run is the predictable cost of the Midea MAW24S2KWT-A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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.