Dec electric bill

[ruth]

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but i'd still die to live in your beautiful home..

Thanks. But, we'll probably die living in it because the maintenance and upkeep is killing us.

It falls under "Be careful what you wish for....you just might get it." I always wanted to live in an old plantation home and always wanted to live where they had all four seasons. So God laughed and granted my request. This week all pipes, inside and out, are frozen and we're having to boil water on the stove and haul out to animals. And, to try and bathe and flush a toilet has taken on a whole new dimension.

 

[Overeasyplz]

we moved into this home November 2009, from an old trailer with no insulation. Propane heat, it never stayed warm and it was expensive AND cold.. This new place is a modular newer manufacted with a propane stove too but it is much better insulated.. Plus electric was only $70 this time.. we light the house and cook with it, wash and dry, ect.

 

[cjeanean]

Everything in our house is electric except for the water heater and furnace (gas) and our bill is almost always $175/month no matter the time of year. We don't have a/c in the summertime, can't afford it. The gas, on the other hand, has been surprisingly cheap this year! I always pay $150, since I pay the bills before I get the actual bill, and our gas with the furnace set at 70F has only been about $75/month. I was shocked, I have a few hundred dollars credit right now! They've been reading it every month, each bill is different and the chart shows the spike in usage since the winter started, but I guess maybe the cost of natural gas has gone down? LOL, I sure hope so! Last year it was just like how the OP described it, when we'd get both the gas and electric bill we'd near pass out!

 

[halo]

Im not looking forward to my bill this month. During the summer I run the a/c and my bill is around $150 a month. I average that out by the winter bills being so low....usually. In a normal year I can get by with $70-80 thru the winter months, being Nov thru March or April, since I can open the windows during the day and usually only use the heat a few nights out of the year. But with this cold spell, even with keeping the house at 65, the heater kicks in often enough that I cringe when it does.

 

[Mattemma]

Our heat is by gas and I have not gotten my bill this month yet.Last month it was $168.Wouldn't be an issue if I had more in our checking than the $102 I have to live on till an 1-19 paycheck. Atleast the gas company doesn't do late charges.Suprisingly our electric went up by $10 from last month.Our house is a 50's ranch and some rooms are ice cold.I set the temp at 67 for the house.I could not imagine a $600 bill!

 

[Slywoody]

My only source of heat here in the great state of Minnesota is wood. No backup. My elect. bill runs about 100.00/ month all year. I do have elect. hot water and elect. dryer (which i use sparingly). I just can't fathom 2000.00/month.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

There are 9 fireplaces and they only serve to let heat out of the rooms.

OH MY, ruth ~~! Have you made sure all the flues are closed in the fireplaces? I'd get some plywood and tack insulation on the back and close them off temporarily if you are not actively using them. Close off rooms you don't need you use and don't heat them.

We have an all electric old farmhouse with individual controls in each room. We installed a small propane fireplace that heats the entire downstairs (amazingly). We keep the bathroom upstairs set at a minimum and door closed. Hubby turns on electric in our bedroom at 55 about an hour or so before we go to bed, I turn it off in the morning. We keep any unused rooms closed. We keep our propane bill down to about $200 on the highest month and our electric bill under $200, usually closer to $100.​

 

[klevesque]

We have an electric water heater and a pellet stove that suck all our power. Our bill runs about $215.00 per month. It's about $180.00 in the summer.

 

[WingingIt]

I haven't gotten ours yet, and I'm scared to.

 

[Tala]

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That's how my bill always looks.
We do GREAT on keeping the electric kw charge down on the bill, but somehow my $50-70 electric bill turns into a $130+ utility bill after all the taxes and charges. They're also contemplating a rate hike

When I lived in an upstairs apartment we almost had no bill in the winter, thanks to the people below us. Bet their bill was enormous though