1000' square foot condo, upstairs with raised ceilings and obvious horrible insulation. AC stays off during the day, 72 at night. $196.86 My kWh went from 14.20 to 16.51 with Gexa. Still had enough money for hookers and coke, though. I plan ahead.
Our last two have been 0$. The reason appears to be that our meter isn't working. My wife called the EC to let them know, and they said they couldn't do anything about it unless the person's name on the bill (mine) called. Needless to say, I haven't been in a hurry to call them. Anyone else ever have this happen? I figure they'll figure out some way to charge us for these past couple of months once the problem is fixed. Any idea what that might be?
It happened to me and I went a year and a half only paying meter reading charges. I wasn't about to call and complain. Unfortunately it was fixed this year, and when they found the problem I was only charged back pay for the three months previous. I kindly wish it would break again.
Tell that to the homeowners in CA and FL who have lost a substantial amount of money on the value of their home recently. I'll bet they wished they had been paying rent
In Texas, the electricity companies are only allowed to go back 6 months unless there was meter tampering. They will use an estimate based on previous consumption.
Around $240-$250 from what I recall ... 2900+ sq. ft. house. That's been the biggest bill so far this year. I want to get more energy efficient, though... not sure where to start...
Dude I pay $1200 + at my store. Its freaking reddicules but its 6,000 sq feet & its car audio so we are allways running somthing. Anyways during the summer like now it jumps up close to $2,000. I have 4 A/C units.
$149.05 for a 2000 sq/ft single story house. The water heater is gas, though. We keep the AC at 77 when home, and 82 when away. The single most power hungry device in a home is the AC. When that compressor outside kicks in, the meter starts spinning. If you leave the ac off all day, and then try to cool it down later, the compressor will be running for a long time. The colder you want the house, the more of a differential in temperature you have between the outside air and the inside air. That increases the heat transfer rate, so it costs you more to maintain a colder air temperature. So, if you keep the ac set at 80 ish, it'll run and cycle less to maintain that temp, and when you decide to lower it, it won't take near as long to cool down vs. having it off completely during the time you are away.
Amen to that. Buying CFLs and being a bit more judicious with my A/C usage actually caused my bills in my former apartment to drop significantly from last year (June bill $100 as opposed to about $170 last year). Also not leaving my computer running all the time helped a little bit...heh.
Mine came out to $550.00, maybe because I have a 400 watt high pressure sodium bulb thats turned on 24 hrs....
Got those already in my most-used lights. I'm thinking about getting one of these to play around with : http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html From what I understand they're not always accurate, but the really accurate ones from companies like Fluke cost a couple grand... These are accurate enough, I suppose.
