What the Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 costs to run
The Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 500 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 against the category
That's 17.1% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 195 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 $19/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MWCUWA-10CRFN8-BCN10 ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10. Midea MW10MSWBA6RCM ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Midea's own models
Midea makes 161 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners; this one ranks 81 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 MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 costs roughly $940 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 is already efficient for its category at $94/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Midea MWAUQB-10CRFN8-BCN10 already costs $94/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 500 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.