Just received my first $405 electric bill. We do "budget billing" which averages out your bill so your bills are about the same every month.

Florida Power and Light raising rates to recoup the hurricane cost this year. They have also been burying electric lines in neighborhoods here, which is a good start, but should have been done years ago.

A tenant in a rental house in Phoenix East Valley complained of his "sky-high" electric bill (with solar). It was $500. Property manager and I laughed. With the heat this summer, it stays hot at night when solar ain't doin' nuttin'.
In SD last year my solar inverter stopped working, didn't find out about it in time. $1200 for a month. In San freakin' Diego.

Here in SWV AEP offers piss poor service. Outage(s) every other month. And keeps asking the Public Service Commission for a 37% raise every year.

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
Just received my first $405 electric bill. We do "budget billing" which averages out your bill so your bills are about the same every month.

Florida Power and Light raising rates to recoup the hurricane cost this year. They have also been burying electric lines in neighborhoods here, which is a good start, but should have been done years ago.

Holy smokes that sounds high! I too, have FPL, 1800 square foot wood frame townhouse, all electric, that faces west, getting most of the sun during the hottest time of the day, thermostat set at 72, "budget billing", bill this month was $216. I wonder if an electrician can find a "power drain" at your home?

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
Just received my first $405 electric bill.

Oof.


Just got mine for late July through late August: $149.90 for 1044 kwh. That's the highest I've seen so far in my new house for the past 3 years, both in usage as well as cost.

But that's still nothing compared to some of ya'll...

We have full electric at our house with geothermal. We are on the budget plan with Ninestar Coop and our bill is running $297/month

We bought a second home in the mountains of NC near Asheville last September and when I asked the previous owner what his electric bill was he told me he paid around $4000 per year. I almost fell over.

In doing my due dillegence we found that there were 2 different areas of the roof that didn’t have any insulation, one of which was done as part of a renovation that he took a permit out to do. I called the building inspector and asked him. To make a long story short he came over, looked at the project and told the owner to tear out the stained T&G ceiling get it insulated and replaced and after that he would be allowed to sell it!

We also knew that the 2 heat pumps were original to the house (2006) and would need to be replaced shortly. Fast forward to this past June and one of them went out so we replaced it with a high efficiency Bosch unit.

So far my highest bill has been $197 and I expect my annual bill to come in around $2000 or less.

Mine went down from the prior 2 months, but still among the highest I've ever had.

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Originally posted by ragman:
I will trade with you.

DITTO!!!!! If I paid EITHER of those amounts I would be happy. I keep my AC at 77 or 78 and My bill is way above that, especially in this Texas heatwave! Last month was $485.24. I am paying $0.179 per kWH.

While Texas is a bit hotter than Arkansas on average, that sounds like there's also an underlying efficiency issue... Your electricity rate is only about 3 cents per kwh higher than me, but you're paying over 3x more per month than I am, which means you're having to use basically 3x the electricity just to keep your house at 78 (while mine is kept at 69).

In my case, based on last month's bill, the TDU/delivery charges are about 20% of my bill.

True. Your electrical company may also be jacking up the fees, while keeping your rate comparatively low. That could also be a factor.

Just got my highest one yet... $150 for an 1100 sq ft house, north Alabama, thermostat stays at 72° in the summer, fan on constant instead of auto.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
While Texas is a bit hotter than Arkansas on average, that sounds like there's also an underlying efficiency issue... Your electricity rate is only about 3 cents per kwh higher than me, but you're paying over 3x more per month than I am, which means you're having to use basically 3x the electricity just to keep your house at 78 (while mine is kept at 69).

Well no question that if I had built this house on my own property, it would be completely different. This house does not have insulation in all walls and the South side of the house has the majority of all large windows. The house should never have been oriented this way, but it is a typical home in a large neighborhood. A crazy hot summer like this doesn’t help.

I feel your pain. My last house was similar.

One major culprit was the west-facing floor-to-ceiling windows in both the living room and master bedroom. Looked gorgeous, but those two rooms were always hot during the summer. The tall cathedral ceilings in both rooms didn't help with that either. I'll never again own a house with either.

The other major culprit was insufficient insulation. The attic was obviously poorly insulated when we moved in, but that was quickly corrected with another round of blown-in insulation. Then years later, during a master bathroom remodel, it was discovered that the exterior walls (in that room at least, and likely others) had been insulated with expanding foam, but the foam had apparently been improperly applied and had slumped into the bottom of the stud bays rather than being evenly distributed within the walls. Effectively, only the lower portion of the walls were insulated. While we only cracked open the walls in that room, I suspect the same would likely have been found in other rooms if we had opened those walls too.

As a result, the AC system constantly struggled to keep it barely comfortable during the summer and the electric bills were 3x to 4x the amount of my new house, which has excellent insulation, no overly tall ceilings, windows that primarily face north or east, all-LED lighting, plus decades newer and more efficient windows and HVAC system.

For the last three years I was on a contract for $0.081 per kWh. They expired, and the best plan I can find is $0.12. So my costs are going up 50%


I’m near Austin, and it’s been hotter than hell this summer. My last bill was $465.
Last summer it was $300.

My last bill was less than 200 bucks . And I've been running the hell out of two central AC units .

San Diego is going all green and sustainable and shit, so of course we have great rates, like…wait a minute… ”Tier 2” “On peak” 83.3 cents per KWh.
Dipshits.

This year, July ($527), August ($567), Sept ($677) have all been killer records.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
San Diego is going all green and sustainable and shit, so of course we have great rates, like…wait a minute… ”Tier 2” “On peak” 83.3 cents per KWh.
Dipshits.

Holy crap

That’s like double of even the most expensive rates in Europe. You’re going to have mortgage payment size electric bills with rates like that.