Summer Electric Bills

• THE4RINGZ

  

  Our Summer bills are $200-$235 depending on how warm it is. We live in a 2,928 house. Our problem is the kids never shut the fucking lights off.
• fan_from_texas

  If you can shift your major sources of power to off-peak hours, you can save some money if your utility offers time-of-use pricing. E.g., if you have an electric washer/dryer, you can run them in the evenings or on weekends. Same with the dishwasher. You can save a lot by doing that if you're on TOU pricing.
• Speedofsand

  

  1100sq ft., AC on 24/7 about half the year, 17 yr old Lennox unit, ranges from $50 winter to $130 summer.
• Belly35

  

  Gas bill last month was $75.00, electric bill was 270.00 A/C on 24/7 with fan running, city water/trash pick up/ sewage $95.00 the wife and I in a 3500 sq ft home. In the winter my gas bill will go up and the electric goes up also. I'm looking at a way to use the two fireplace to help heat the house. Just have not found a solution I like... yet
• NWIndianNation01

  

  The key to any electric bill is turning the lights and TV off when not in use (and don't use lights during the day, thats what windows are for). We ran our air all of July and it was only $75.
• dlazz

  NWIndianNation01;864326 wrote:The key to any electric bill is turning the lights and TV off when not in use (and don't use lights during the day, thats what windows are for). We ran our air all of July and it was only $75.

  
  Then you have budgeted electric. Lights and TV are nothing compared to heating and cooling.
• NWIndianNation01

  

  We don't have budgeted electric. We just use it wisely.
• chicago510

  

  Just switching all 60 watt bulbs to 12 watt CFLs can save a ton.
  
  I also run a box fan and a dehumidifier which allows me to keep my AC on 80 and still feel cool.
  
  Now that I live alone, I can micromanage my electricity consumption.
• dave

  $240 last month, don't think we turned the AC off either. Our house is about 2500 sq ft without unfinished basement. Hoping once we finish it we can keep the house warmer and spend our time down there in the summers.
• ontheriv2000

  I just got mine for $215. Like many of you, it is the highest bill I have ever seen in 2 years. There have been many people talking about how they are conserving to keep their bill low? I know that adding insulation, replacing windows, etc will help, but I'm wondering if replacing appliances would help too? Any thoughts?
• Ironman92

  

  Around $45 for my 6,400 sqare foot house....air set on 63 and runs 24/7.
  
  I've had 6 hole in ones (2 on par 4s), I've bowled 5 300 games ( one with my off hand), my ACT score was a 35 but I only got a 31 the first time I took it in 5th grade....coulda got higher but just guessed as I didn't give a shit.....and despite all of this I post on here a lot.
• Fab1b

  

  New one $164
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Ironman92;868494 wrote:Around $45 for my 6,400 sqare foot house....air set on 63 and runs 24/7.
  
  I've had 6 hole in ones (2 on par 4s), I've bowled 5 300 games ( one with my off hand), my ACT score was a 35 but I only got a 31 the first time I took it in 5th grade....coulda got higher but just guessed as I didn't give a shit.....and despite all of this I post on here a lot.

  
  Con, is that you?
• Mohican00

  

  lol, about $35 a month. My apartment has no AC and it's not uncommon for it to hit 90+ inside in the afternoon when the sun hits the west side of my building.
  
  Fuck it, if the pioneers could go without air conditioning then I can too
• pmoney25

  

  damn, i need to pay closer attention, my bill was like $350 last month. We run A/C 24/7 . Our house does get destroyed by the sun though. We have no trees or any shade and the way our house is set, it just soaks in the sun. I should switch to solar energy.
• Ironman92

  

  ernest_t_bass;868497 wrote:Con, is that you?

  
  Nope just average OC Joe.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  ontheriv2000;868481 wrote:I just got mine for $215. Like many of you, it is the highest bill I have ever seen in 2 years. There have been many people talking about how they are conserving to keep their bill low? I know that adding insulation, replacing windows, etc will help, but I'm wondering if replacing appliances would help too? Any thoughts?

  
  Actually yes. Look at your highest use appliances first. Your refrigerator can chew up a ton of energy. I know where I live AEP was giving free energy audits and the first thing they checked was the refrigerator
• Rider_In_Ttown

  

  Our bill last month was $350. Including basement I have around 3600 sq ft. That is by farthest I have ever paid.
• Hamler Bulldogs

  

  oberhaus;863743 wrote:$208 for 18 days in July. 1st-18th. We just moved there on the 1st.

  
  Hey Ober,are you living on 281 now?
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Highest bill we ever saw was $303 foor a 2200 sqft pile.. This was when all three of the kids were living at home - beside the AC, that ran two refrigerators, a freezer, and represented about five loads of laundry a day. Now that it's back down to just the wife and I, our highest bill this summer would have been about $140 if we hadn't been on the AEP budget plan.
  
  A lot it was the same things FFT mentioned - got rid of the freezer and second full-sized refrigerator, drying maybe one load of laundry every day ( and hanging out some wash, neighborhood association rules be dammed), LED bulbs, etc. We also put a door and direct-outdoor-exhuast fan in the laundry room to avoid heating and cooling the same air twice.