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(1) where do you live (city, not trying to be a stalker), and
(2) how many kWh did you use?
How the can I have a $300 electricity bill? I live in a 650 square foot 1 bedroom apartment. For 's sake! That's ridiculous! I'm sure it had to do with the air conditioning going out a couple weeks ago. It's not like we keep it at arctic temps, we don't leave unnecessary appliances running or lights on, and I almost never use the oven anymore because it takes so much energy to heat and maintain the temp.
I cannot wait to be out of that hole.
Sadly, that appears to be delayed AGAIN.We were supposed to close Monday, but it got pushed back. We're supposed to close tomorrow, and it looks like it's going to be pushed back again. Next week, I'm out of town Thursday and Friday, and can't be off from work Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday, so if it gets pushed beyond Monday, it's another week. We've already lost a full week in which to move. Another week and weekend will send me over the roof. We have to get out of our apartment and repaint it and clean it, and apparently, will have to do this during one of the few times neither of us can take off of work - ie, the first week of school. Only one of the longest, busiest weeks of the year.
(1) where do you live (city, not trying to be a stalker), and
(2) how many kWh did you use?
You can always ask Jim to cover it.
In H-town ... and I agree with her, energy is a freakin joke here. 580sq ft apartment, and only my laptop/TV running with AC, $128 this month ... I show by freakin candle light so that I don't use electricity! Jees.
Part of it is that I live in an older, energy inefficient building, with older appliances. Also use Reliant Energy (a mistake we will not be making in the new place).
But still. $300?! My bill has never been that high, ever.
If you have your kWh usage history over time you could try getting them to come out and do a re-read. It's entirely possible that they made a mistake and if you show a huge increase between the previous month (and/or the same month last year) it could be evidence that they screwed up.
We live in the D/FW area, used about 1700 kWh in a 2100 sf house last month, keeping the AC between 80 and 85. The bill was about $225 (Cirro Energy). We used 30% more electricity last year yet the bill was the same. That's pretty low usage for our neighborhood, most people are in the $400 range, but we have done a number of energy conserving things (like replace most of our bulbs with the energy-saving flourescents).
What a shame we don't live in SA, from what their website says they are paying about 2/3rds per kWh as those of us stuck in "compe ive" markets.
Yeah, I agree. I'd much rather be there than in Houston. But from what I know about the new place (and the advantages of TXU), our bills should decrease. Better construction, more sound and new, more efficient appliances should make sure that are bills are not more expensive - sad for a place nearly 3 times as big as our current.
$300 for an apartment? Ugh!!!!!!!!!!
No chance that was a mistake?
Possibly. On Cuban's advice I'll look at the bill and past usage history (the amount just came via email announcement that it was ready to view and pay).
Grrrr.
More concerned with the damn house stuff. Nobody can make it go faster than it is, but I NEED to be able to move some this weekend and next week and weekend. Otherwise, I'm not sure we'll be able to get out of our apartment on time.
In SA, paid $160 for 1800kWh for a 2000 sq.ft. house. Thermostat is at 79.
it costs money to have them fools come out to check ur meter.
I got something like a $360 bill last month.
I face the afternoon sun, but last month was really my fault as I didn't realize my bedroom window was still slightly open after one cool night when I left it open.
My complex pays $100 of the bill and for some reason, I seemed to get a readjusted bill later for about $150 (550 sq. ft apartment), but I also went the Mexican (as me and my friends put it) and nailed a heavy blanket over my bedroom window (I'm moving out of here in about 10 days so there's no need to invest in curtains).
It'll be interesting to see what the final bill is.
Damn ... I live in a 2,000sqft older home with pretty much no insulation in it, several old and/or broken (rigged) windows--including a ed up patio sliding door--and a large portion of the (vaulted) ceilings gutted...a full size side-by-side of older model Sub-Zero refrigerators and an extra fridge ... and mine was $302. I'd GTFO of there ASAP. That's seriously ed up, even for not being terribly efficient.
I thought my $160 for an 1,800 square foot home in June was high.
I actually found that my bill went down pretty significantly (by about 20%) for July after I installed a programmable thermostat. It may be that I was more energy conscious in July after thinking my bill had been too high and that I managed to cut my usage without regard to the new thermostat. Whatever, I know my bill went down enough to make me feel comfortable with the charge.
I realize that my solution isn't really feasible for an apartment dweller, but I'm swearing by it and suggesting it to any homeowners who will listen to me.
Your posts are always really long.
You guys are getting a house? How exciting! Congrats!
Typical per kWh charges, April 2006, 1000 kWh/month (CPS website and powertochoose.org):
San Antonio (CPS) - 7.8 cents
Austin (Austin Public Utilities) - 9.2 cents
Dallas area (TXU price-to-beat) - 15.0 cents
Houston area (Reliant price-to-beat) - 16.3 cents
So if you are in SA you used 2000 kWh for your 1800 sf house, which is fairly typical. Be thankful; if you lived in Dallas or Houston you'd be paying twice as much.
BTW your suggestion about a programmable thermostat is excellent. No reason to cool the house during the day if there's nobody there.
You guys are getting a house? How exciting! Congrats!
Heh. In theory, we're getting a house. In practice, we have a too small apartment, a bunch of boxes, a big mess and a lot of anxiety.
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Hi girls!
Well happy move in! I hope everything runs smoothly and you get delightful results.
What? $300??? Man I ing hate that piece of complex.
Thanks for the well wishes Angel. If you, or anyone else on this board for that matter, has some free time might I recommend a Spurstalk "Let's Help easjer and SFIE Move" Road Trip.
No need to apologize. I wasn't trying to be a , just making on observation.
have you observed conqueso's rants in the Troll forum?
Our electric bills are around $250/month but we keep our house really cold.
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