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Posted: 7/9/2010 5:45:55 PM EDT
I just got my light bill. I used 1544 kWh's this month for a total of $235.73.



Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:47:05 PM EDT
[#1]
Sounds about right.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:47:42 PM EDT
[#2]
I get down to 550 kWh in the winter and nearly 1900 kWh in the summer.  Houston summers are brutal.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:48:28 PM EDT
[#3]
I USE THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THREE BUILDINGS, MY HOUSE, MY GARAGE, AND MY WHAREHOUSE.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:49:43 PM EDT
[#4]
I just got the bill the other day and wondered what other people were using too.

We are always under 500kwh a month.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:50:24 PM EDT
[#5]
750 or so, bout 75 bucks in the summer, bit more with the electric heat and higher rate in the winter
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:51:11 PM EDT
[#6]
My current bill I just paid today was 685 KWH, for a total of $58.24.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:51:19 PM EDT
[#7]



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I just got the bill the other day and wondered what other people were using too.



We are always under 500kwh a month.



Damn, we have central air and it's been hot as hell this month. $235 is a lot but fuck it I want to be comfortable.

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:53:31 PM EDT
[#8]
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750 or so, bout 75 bucks in the summer, bit more with the electric heat and higher rate in the winter


This..... had a few bills that were over 250 just because of heat.....
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:54:26 PM EDT
[#9]
Usually $130 or so every 3 months.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:55:12 PM EDT
[#10]
Bill last month was $16. That's about 160 KWH.

It'll be a tad more this month - Had to use the A/C a little bit...
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:55:49 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:

Quoted:
I just got the bill the other day and wondered what other people were using too.

We are always under 500kwh a month.

Damn, we have central air and it's been hot as hell this month. $235 is a lot but fuck it I want to be comfortable.  


We don't have any AC. I've thought about buying a window unit just for the bedroom but even with the nasty temps last week we got by with our fan.
Just me and my wife though,when we have a kid/s that may change.

Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:56:44 PM EDT
[#12]
371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:57:10 PM EDT
[#13]



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I USE THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THREE BUILDINGS, MY HOUSE, MY GARAGE, AND MY WHAREHOUSE.


I USE TWICE THAT FOR ONLY MY HOUSE!!!!!!  I HAVE NO WHARE TO HOUSE, SO IT  IS ONLY MY ABODE.  



I enjoy sticking it to the man.  



 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 5:58:31 PM EDT
[#14]
about 180.00 per month
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:01:05 PM EDT
[#15]



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371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.


You pay per week?


 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:02:02 PM EDT
[#16]
All electric including a well.....2288 KWH last month $166.67

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:02:25 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:

Quoted:
371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.

You pay per week?  



No, but they send me an email every week telling me what I've used and what it cost me.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:04:08 PM EDT
[#18]



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Quoted:




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371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.


You pay per week?
 






No, but they send me an email every week telling me what I've used and what it cost me.



That's pretty cool.

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:05:20 PM EDT
[#19]
Last month was 159 kWh for $21.93, month before was 154 kWh.

The town I live in now does the electric. Last place I lived it was nstar and cost three times as much for the same amount of power.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:08:23 PM EDT
[#20]
Our highest bill was last winter - 8834 KWH / $815.65.  Usually it's pretty high, but by high I mean around $300.  Found out one of the heat pumps was malfunctioning and costing a fortune.  
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:13:27 PM EDT
[#21]
This month and last year's same month average out to about 500 kWh
Cost is about $80

I run the A/C a lot, and have electric heat, hot water, stove, dryer etc.

But things like doing a lot of loads of hot water wash, long showers/many people taking showers etc. can make a big difference.

Average temp this past month (day and night) was about 80* with daytime highs over 90 most days.

House is about 1350 square feet or so.

I also have a recent A/C, recent refrigerator, and some other minor improvements.

For CT, I think something is wrong for you to get bills like that (and kWh usages like that)....dying A/C, really bad insulation, leaky ductwork, lazy kids who leave everything running, running a welder often, who knows....but I think you should look into it.  There seems to be free money there for you if you can find a way to catch it.





Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:18:56 PM EDT
[#22]



Quoted:


This month and last year's same month average out to about 500 kWh

Cost is about $80



I run the A/C a lot, and have electric heat, hot water, stove, dryer etc.



But things like doing a lot of loads of hot water wash, long showers/many people taking showers etc. can make a big difference.



Average temp this past month (day and night) was about 80* with daytime highs over 90 most days.



House is about 1350 square feet or so.



I also have a recent A/C, recent refrigerator, and some other minor improvements.



For CT, I think something is wrong for you to get bills like that (and kWh usages like that)....dying A/C, really bad insulation, leaky ductwork, lazy kids who leave everything running, running a welder often, who knows....but I think you should look into it.  There seems to be free money there for you if you can find a way to catch it.


I rent a condo with 4 huge windows that should be replaced soon. It's been very hot here lately. My dryer sucks it takes 2-3 times to dry a full load. No kids, just me and the GF

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:22:00 PM EDT
[#23]
I use a shitload.  I'm not sure exactly how much I use because I only pay 24 bucks each month to my apt.  It's a hell of a deal.  I don't leave lights on or do anything seriously irresponsible, but I don't have to worry about keeping the apt. at a certain temp in the summer to save money.  I keep it how I like it!!

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Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:23:35 PM EDT
[#24]
We are all electric, well, furnace, stove, a/c, H2O heater, everything.  Ours is about $350-400 a month.  We have a pretty big house and two kids, plus a barn and a 50x60 shop on the bill, so I think it's ok.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:27:50 PM EDT
[#25]


As much as I damn well please.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:30:40 PM EDT
[#26]
I use as much as I want for whatever I am doing at the time and don't give it a moment's thought ......... because I am an American, and a real American should not have to worry about how much electricity they are using.  That's something for 3rd world Euros to stress out about.


God Bless American Coal.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:36:43 PM EDT
[#27]




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I get down to 550 kWh in the winter and nearly 1900 kWh in the summer. Houston summers are brutal.




Just the opposite for me in Anchorage.  My current bill for June is 144 KWH @ .09856 for $14.19.  In January it was 1047 for $103.19
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:36:54 PM EDT
[#28]
We spend about 400.00 this time of year and about 200.00 in the winter. We have six of us most of the time and five of them are women ( lots of laundry )
and this the hotest summer I can rember.  
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:41:45 PM EDT
[#29]
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:41:58 PM EDT
[#30]
You all with low electric bills do you also you gas?



$167.88

1,892 KWH
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 6:59:42 PM EDT
[#31]
860kwh for May.  I've got a pretty large house, with two AC units.  Electric stove, but gas water heater and dryer.  $88 for the month.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 7:58:24 PM EDT
[#32]
All electric house - well, water heater, chest freezers (2), etc. Has been hotter than usual this year so far and I keep the a/c set at 76 degrees and I cool my attached garage with 10' ceiling and no insulation in the ceiling there. Just got the bill - 999 kwh and $106.
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:08:50 PM EDT
[#33]
Is that from CL&P or UI or some other electric company?






Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:09:38 PM EDT
[#34]



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Is that from CL&P or UI or some other electric company?


Norwich public utilities.

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:24:47 PM EDT
[#35]
Your rate per kWh sounds low for Connecticut... Interesting...






Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:28:46 PM EDT
[#36]
I think the highest I've hit in the last couple years was around 1500kWh once or twice during the year.  I think my average overall is around 1000kWh/mo.  



Will be interesting to see how it is this year, since I work third shift and run the AC all fookin day.   I did switch to a cheaper energy provider... saving me about 30%.  
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:30:21 PM EDT
[#37]



Quoted:


You all with low electric bills do you also you gas?



$167.88

1,892 KWH


My house has a CNG furnace, and it kicks ass!  In the winter, my electric bill is somewhere around $40.  The gas bill peaked at about $120, IIRC last winter, because we had some RECORD cold around here.  



 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:32:21 PM EDT
[#38]
1.21GW
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 8:37:21 PM EDT
[#39]
Typically 300-500 kwh a month.  I've never paid over $60.  IIRC 1 kwh is $0.07 here.





I use space heaters in the winter to warm the room I'm in so I don't heat the whole house with NG.  I don't have AC but Utah has a low enough humidity for an evaporative cooler.  That helps keep my watt usage low.





The NG bill also drops from ~$100/month in the winter to ~$15 in the summer (gas water heater).  That all usually gets offset by the water bill going from $40 in the winter to $100+ in the summer.

 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 9:49:24 PM EDT
[#40]



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1.21GW


ONE POINT TWENTY ONE JIGGA WATTS!?!?!



 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 9:58:34 PM EDT
[#41]
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371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.

You pay per week?  



No, but they send me an email every week telling me what I've used and what it cost me.


who do you have?
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 10:05:40 PM EDT
[#42]



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I just got my light bill. I used 1544 kWh's this month for a total of $235.73.




902 kWh. $96.



Next month is usually the big Air Conditioning influenced bill.



 
Link Posted: 7/9/2010 10:37:05 PM EDT
[#43]
Quoted:

Quoted:
This month and last year's same month average out to about 500 kWh
Cost is about $80

I run the A/C a lot, and have electric heat, hot water, stove, dryer etc.

But things like doing a lot of loads of hot water wash, long showers/many people taking showers etc. can make a big difference.

Average temp this past month (day and night) was about 80* with daytime highs over 90 most days.

House is about 1350 square feet or so.

I also have a recent A/C, recent refrigerator, and some other minor improvements.

For CT, I think something is wrong for you to get bills like that (and kWh usages like that)....dying A/C, really bad insulation, leaky ductwork, lazy kids who leave everything running, running a welder often, who knows....but I think you should look into it.  There seems to be free money there for you if you can find a way to catch it.






I rent a condo with 4 huge windows that should be replaced soon. It's been very hot here lately. My dryer sucks it takes 2-3 times to dry a full load. No kids, just me and the GF  


I'd start with the dryer.  I think you have some major lint blockage going on in the vent pipe.  That's the most common reason for a dryer to take a long time to dry a load.  It also costs a lot for electricity.

Get one of the flexible rod-brush deals for cleaning  lint and run it through the vent and I'll bet you find a dead squirrel, a massive fuzzball, etc.

Remember, a dryer uses up to 2200 kW (like a welder on high current) so they can mess up your power bill PDQ

Plus, a blocked vent hose can often be a major fire hazard.

If the dryer vent is through some corrugated flex hose, replace it immediately with rigid vent pipe (stovepipe).  That helps a lot with the lint issue, as well as making clothes dry faster.

I took out a bunch of white vinyl flex hose and replaced it with a straight run of galvanized stove pipe, after having to replace thermal fuses etc. in the dryer.

It works much better now though I don't have before/after power bills.



Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:00:18 AM EDT
[#44]
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Remember, a dryer uses up to 2200 kW


Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:06:36 AM EDT
[#45]
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371.9 kWh this week for a cost of $46.47; last week was a bit more, 451.9 kWh for a cost of $56.48.

You pay per week?  



No, but they send me an email every week telling me what I've used and what it cost me.


who do you have?


Reliant Energy.

As an aside, I live in a 2183 sq. ft. townhome built in 2005; my utility bills here are (not a lot, but a little) lower than they were in the 440 sq. ft. 1960s-built apartment I moved from.

Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:07:16 AM EDT
[#46]
Wife and I use about $50 a month. It would be even less if I had a gas stove rather than electric.
Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:49:19 AM EDT
[#47]
Just changed to star-tex, saving 30% of what Reliant was charging.

2500/$225 for June - about $.09/KWh

3500 KWh is the most I've ever used, I'm a happy camper now
Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:53:35 AM EDT
[#48]
I paid $55 exactly last month...
Link Posted: 7/10/2010 4:55:46 AM EDT
[#49]
253 khw about $30
Link Posted: 7/10/2010 5:02:02 AM EDT
[#50]
We average about $50/month
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