My elec bill is $500

[hannamaren]

I live in a small 2 bedr, 1 bath apt.
It is normally $300 which is insane (2 mths)
But now? Air conditioning? Overuse of the dryer?

[6fsn]

That's insane. Will your electric company do an energy audit?

[hannamaren]

I am going to call them today because I obviously need help.
There is a delivery charge of $100, so we obviously already pay too much as a rule, but I know other people arent paying this much or elect in a house would be $1000s.

[rubytue]

Wow. Check your usage against previous months and against your meter. I assume your bills will have the same information as ours, including the meter reading. Every time we have had an unusually high bill it's been bc the power company did estimated readings that month. We check our meter and realize they estimated way high. The next month we get really low bill bc we had essentially pre-paid for some of our usage.

[galaxy8227]

That's really crazy. Electric for the past two months for my house has been $250.

[chessie]

Depends, if you have A/C. My bill is always around 200 since everything in the house is on electric, including our well, so factor that in. Its all relative though how your house is setup. With A/C going, its around 400 easy..hence why we don't have it.

[honeybee]

Everything in my 3 bedroom, 2 bath house is electric and we've been running our AC non stop...we still only average $130 on a high month. I'd call your company and find out whats going on.

[Becca]

Wowsers! Our gas/electric bill hits it's high in Jan/Feb and even then it is usually under 300. Closer to 100 the rest if the year.

I can't imagine paying what you do. What is the delivery fee for?

[AAM2012]

Holy crap!!! Our house is 2400+ sq ft and we're in Fl so we always have the AC on and it's usually $150-$185. I would shit bricks if I got a bill for $500 (or even 250+)!

[gt7301b]

Wow!!! That is insane. We pay ~ 200-$250 for a house with AC. and a pool.

[kathybela]

Don't forget that July was hellish hot this year in Ontario and you were home all day every day where other years you would have been at work, this would make a huge difference.

[hannamaren]

Just to clarify, elec is high here. It is on the news all the time. But $500 is with my government help -$50. Then again, the tax was ~$50.

[kathybela]

Aug 24, 2012 7:55:48 GMT -5 hannamaren said:

Just to clarify, elec is high here. It is on the news all the time. But $500 is with my government help -$50. Then again, the tax was ~$50.

Yes, when I lived in my 850 sqft 2 bedroom bungalow I was on equal payments of $380 per month (all electric heat/air) and that was 2 years ago, I'd hate to see how much it would cost now.

[Norticprincess]

Aug 24, 2012 7:28:43 GMT -5 honeybee said:

Everything in my 3 bedroom, 2 bath house is electric and we've been running our AC non stop...we still only average $130 on a high month. I'd call your company and find out whats going on.

This, we can hit $150 in the winter if it is too cold and the aux heat runs instead of the heat pump. With AC set at 70-72 for most of the day.


Are you on a budget billing system that has a catch up month? Are you on a commercial plan vs a residential by accident? On some other plan that is time controlled ( we can get a discount to use off peak, but pay a premium for peak use)

[mmmomof2]

I once lived in a small apartment that had high electric bills (nothing like yours though). I called to complain and figured out that , duh, we had an electric water heater! That really made the cost go up.

[Deleted]

Wow! That sounds a lot. What has been your max elec bill before?

[hannamaren]

Aug 24, 2012 8:44:58 GMT -5 mmmomof2 said:

I once lived in a small apartment that had high electric bills (nothing like yours though). I called to complain and figured out that , duh, we had an electric water heater! That really made the cost go up.

We do have our own water thing and we are electric water heated.

[changedname]

I live in the Toronto area too but in a 3 bed house and our last hydro bill was $164 for 2 months. That also includes water.
We have been running our AC a ton so I thought it was going to be much higher. You should get your bill checked out. Does it include water?

[gnomesweetgnome]

That sounds ridiculous. We live in a 3/2, all electric appliances, in the Texas heat, and our utility bill (including electric, water, trash, recycling, sewer & drainage) was only $173 for the month of July.

[dr.girlfriend]

What does the (2 mths) mean? Two months? I think everyone's comparing it to a monthly bill.

[mmmomof2]

Yeah I don't think the audit would find anything. Running the air a lot (bc your home a lot), electric dryer/water heater + high rates= high bill

That sucks though! Is your heat electric also? How high are your winter bills in comparison?

[Susie]

Aug 24, 2012 7:12:44 GMT -5 hannamaren said:

I live in a small 2 bedr, 1 bath apt.
It is normally $300 which is insane (2 mths)

So $150/mo? That doesn't seem insane to me.

$250/mo seems high, but if it's been hot and you've been running the air conditioner constantly, it seems entirely possible.

[Deleted]

Was it $250 per month then? Thats not terrible, but still high.

I'm in Ontario but we have gas heat (AC) and our monthly bills for a 1700 sqft home (and hottub) are usually about $150.