My Occasional How Much Was Your Utility Bill Thread

[JoAnn]

We just got our electric bill today (and we are all electric)..down to $135. This past month we have had heat, A/C and open windows. During the summer months our bill runs about $210-$230. We have about 1600 sq. ft, and high (cathedral) ceilings w/ ceiling fans in all rooms. And no shade trees.

[jericap]

I need to move.....

[shaggy]

I was amazed as it usually runs around $86 but since I remodeled and got new windows, new heat pump it was only $54!! Total electric, A Frame with around 1100 sq feet. I'm a happy camper. This is without updating the hot water heater. Woo wee !!!! shaggy

[Larry]

We probably have one of the highest utility bills in the country. I have an average sized house just under 2000 square feet and my new budget is $353 for electric (central air) and $272 for gas (gas heat) per month.

[dougp26364]

Originally Posted by bigfrank

My Electric is about $220 a month, My lovely wife leaves every single light that she can find on every floor That I am not on.

Change to compact florecent lights. At least they only burn 6 to 15 watts rather then 60. We've changed every light in our house to CFS that's feasable. It took a little while to get use to how they warm up but other than that I'm happy with them.

[urple2]

Budget Billing which was most recently recalculated in October is:
73.00 Gas. 82.00 Electric(155.00. Same every month). House size, approx. 1850. Duplex.

[Marti]

Our Single Family House is 2,400 sq ft and is Total Electric

[abc31]

Originally Posted by jericap

I need to move.....

You took the words right out of my mouth! I can't believe the numbers I am reading. I have a 2,700 sf house. My budget bills are $392 for electric and $450 a month for oil. The only one that was even close to mine was Larry's who is also from Long Island. What am I doing here?

[wackymother]

Originally Posted by abc31

You took the words right out of my mouth! I can't believe the numbers I am reading. I have a 2,700 sf house. My budget bills are $392 for electric and $450 a month for oil. The only one that was even close to mine was Larry's who is also from Long Island. What am I doing here?

Mine are high like this, too. I can't even bear to think about how high they get in the winter--the gas is what's expensive for us. We live in Northern NJ. In the summer our house is fairly cool, so we do better then...but winter months are stunning.

BTW, just a reminder for anyone switching to the compact fluorescent bulbs (which do make a big difference!)--they can't be used on lights with dimmer switches. The manufacturers have started making a special type that CAN be used with dimmers, but those are much more expensive and I've only seen them in a couple of stores.

[jericap]

My house is about 2700sf also. The electric bill is about 200/month. Which is low, usually runs about 250/month. We have oil heat and keep the house at about 66 degrees, we go through about 100/gals month currently but we can go as high as 160 gal/month depending on how cold and windy it gets. Thank goodness the price of oil dropped because near 4/gal..that's a lot of money a month!