What is the most your electric bill has been?

Question

I live in an area that is pretty shaded and my electric bill in my 2 bedroom apartment for this month was $313 and that is ridiculous. I know it was a bit higher because the kids were home for the summer, but that is a car note.

maybe it helps to let you guys know I live in Texas and for the last 30 days it has been 100 or more.

Answer 1

First off, I would ask to have your electric meter checked. Has your E. bill been consistently high and/or have you lived in this same apartment long enough to see a pattern to your bills? I believe there is an agency that can do energy evaluations and possibly could determine where the loss of power is going. This might need to be done by the building owner, but should be to benefit all. Let us know what you learn about this extremely high bill and the causes.

Answer 2

During the summer my highest electric bill was about $100. To lower your bill down you probably need to turn your air conditioner off on the cool days (85*and lower). Open your windows instead. Another thing you can consider is when you are not using the computer turn off the monitor. You would be amazed on how much energy that saves. You can also use light bulbs with less watts. These are things you can also consider in the winter. Although winter bills do get higher they could be lower than $300 a month. Just try this and see what happens. I'm sure it will make a big difference.

Answer 3

I live in Western North Carolina and the highest our electric bill was this summer was around $160.00. We did have several days of close to 100 degrees in temps. It usually runs around $105.00 per month. We have a lot of shade trees in the yard and that helps. I am ready for fall, so I can raise my windows.

Answer 4

Holy cow! Do you also have central air? Is water included? The most i've paid is almost 100$? -electric alone. The least is I wanna say 40$. I live on the 3rd floor in an apt bldg with central air- we pay for the electric to run the central air ..yiipppee..lol..it's cheaper in the winter cuz our heat is 47/mo and is on gas. Is your house newer? Insulated good? good windows? do you have curtains and blinds on your windows? ..See if you can't get on a budget. If you dont' have central air you may wanna check into it as it's really cheaper than the window a/c, if you own your home vs renting.

Answer 5

The solutions are precise, although you could critically strengthen the performance of baseboard warmth via having ceiling followers to bypass the buildup of warm air on the ceiling point and expanding the R fee of the insulation interior the attic section above. those 2 issues will decrease the invoice extensively. be sure the fan rotates counterclockwise interior the wintry climate with a view to deliver the warmth air out in the direction of the partitions.

Answer 6

July, 2006....$500.28, central air/heat. Huge one bedroom house....it's so hot here. We keep it set at 68-70 by day and 62 at night. Worth every penny of it. We use Green Mountain Energy Company....100% wind power from windmills. Not fuel cost on our bill.

Answer 7

Ok double your's and add $75 to it! That was our bill this month. Granted we had a heat wave from h*** but come on $700 electric bill is plain nuts!

Answer 8

$126 is the highest I've ever had- and this with a 1400 s.f. black-roofed Cape Cod, in Virginia 95+degree summers.

You might want to ask your landlord to look at your AC system- it may need cleaning/maintenance. Also, check your thermostat, and set it as warm as you find tolerable... I keep mine around 75 in the summers.

Answer 9

$150

Answer 10

Our house elctric bill was only 112.00 for one month this summer when it was really hot and the a/c was constanly running . 313.00 seems a little high for an apartment.