Midea MLTW61A5CCG: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea MLTW61A5CCG at 213 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $40 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
The category average is 123 kWh/yr; this model runs 73.2% above it, ranking 371 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 $17/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 MLTW61A5CCG: Midea MLTW53A5CWWC ($40/yr, 213 kWh/yr), then Midea MLTW61A5CWW ($40/yr, 213 kWh/yr).
Within the Midea lineup
Ranked 29 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).
Midea MLTW61A5CCG over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Midea MLTW61A5CCG that long and it costs about $400 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea MLTW61A5CCG runs above its category average. If the washing machine 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 $40/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea MLTW61A5CCG ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 371 of 398, the Midea MLTW61A5CCG sits in the middle of the washing machine category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 213 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.