Midea MLFW53S4BBW: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MLFW53S4BBW at 117 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
That $22 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 washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 4.9% less, ranking 221 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/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 MLFW53S4BBW: Midea MLFW53S4BBC ($22/yr, 117 kWh/yr), then Midea MLFW53S7BBC ($22/yr, 117 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 20 of Midea's 38 certified washing machines, this sits between the MLH25N7BWW ($12/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MLTW62M7ACG ($40/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MLFW53S4BBW that long and it costs about $220 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $22/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
A washing machine like the Midea MLFW53S4BBW is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
The full Washing Machine category page shows all 398 washing machines ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 117 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.