Nosy Neighbor Poll: How much was your most recent home electric bill?

[clay]

Running around with my Kill-a-watt testing things for the past week or so, and just curious how I stack up against you other MRF'ers.

Vote!

[SDGuy]

assuming electric rates vary across the country, a better question would have been "how much electricity do you use each month?"

[clay]

true, but the cat's out of the bag now...

Here's a current table of average rates across the US: http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm...5_6_b.html

[mikebw]

It ranges from 60 to 130 depending on the weather. Last month was $73 which was a pleasant surprise; I suspect the new solar powered attic fan is really helping!

[cbelt3]

We have epically expensive power up here. I'm wishing I could put up my own darn wind generator (we're in a high wind density area).

[DavidS]

Our bill for this month is $350. It's by far the most since we've lived in this house, which is fairly energy efficient. Most of June was > 90 degree temps, though.

[MikeF]

$0. We're on the level-pay plan and Southern California Edison can never figure it out right. Every year, at the end of the cycle, we either owe $$$ or they owe us $$$ (and it's never close). This year they owed us -- two bills in a row at $0. And it's going to be $0 next month as well...

Hey, wait a second! They're getting free use of our money!! Never thought about that before -- but it does feel good not paying...

[lazydays]

How do those who have very low electric bills achieve that? No AC? gas hot water heater?

[DaviDC.]

I'm on Good Cents Budgeting where all of the bills are averaged & I pay about the same each month. This past Feb. with the heat pump running 24/7 the charged amount was over $200 but I paid $135.

I've always been a big fan of electricity & probably use more than the average single household.

[mikebw]

lazydays wrote:
How do those who have very low electric bills achieve that? No AC? gas hot water heater?

I'll assume you mean bills under $100. Probably has a lot to do with size. Mine is a smaller townhouse, both sides are well insulated thanks to my neighbors, I have also done a lot in the attic to help insulate in the winter and get rid of extra heat in the summer. No gas appliances at all- electric hot water, oven, dryer, heat pump.