What the Midea MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 costs to run
At 656.3 kWh/yr, the Midea MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $123 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 8.8% above it, ranking 345 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 $10/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 MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0: Midea MWEUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 ($123/yr, 656.3 kWh/yr), then TCL T14WV9S ($123/yr, 656.3 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 130 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 MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 that long and it costs about $1,234 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $123/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 656.3 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 345 of 447, the Midea MWFUWA-14CRFN8-BCP0 sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.