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Got my electricity bill for this month...(The summer time thread)

ballisticn8 said:
Buckeye, AZ - just outside of the Phoenix metro area, 3000 sq foot home, 2 stories, pool, 2 air conditioning units set on programmed thermostats, 4 kids that leave everything on and like to leave doors open that air condition our backyard, a wife that leaves lights on, and 110 degree days for most of the summer, my bill this month is $490. In the winter it drops to like $100 though, just the insane heat here trying to keep the house cool and the pool blue causing stupid crazy spikes in electricity costs.
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I'm down in yuma, so I feel your pain! 1700sqft improper insulation. House kept at 80 during day, 78 at night. $334. Luckily I'm on an equalizer plan so i don't pay that much and my landlord doesn't realize the insulation is horrible cuz he doesn't listen to me. Oh well. I will be out of there before the summer starts again
 
Vihzel said:
My rent is about 6x that. lol (electric and gas not included)
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Yeah, I enjoy my place, although it is on the sketchier side of town...

I am not concerned, I looked up the rate of crime and nothing has been reported for the past 5 years within 12 blocks of my place.

*shrug*
 
Frisco said:
I thought you'd say something like that. You are in NYC, right?
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I don't live in NYC anymore :(. Took the family to the burbs!

The electric bills were ridiculous in the city though. If this were Manhattan, my bill would've been somewhere in the 800 area.
 
NYCHitman1 said:
If this were Manhattan, my bill would've been somewhere in the 800 area.
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I believe it.

But I gather most wages are correspondingly high there. That's one thing I was wondering about many in this thread reporting their utility bill amounts.

For example, where I live, the unemployment rate is very low; everyone is working, but the average wage here is much lower trade for trade than on both coasts, and things like heating and cooling bills are lower.

Examples: my kid "flips" houses by purchasing run-down, older ones, hiring a few helpers and doing all refurbishing and remodeling to bring the price of the place up, then sells them. The guys he hires make about ten bucks an hour from him, pretty average for a carpenter or flat work man around here. Some of them talk about making three times that much for the same work in L.A. or New York, but they can't find work there.

The prices of the houses are in the $100,000 range, and would go for three times that much in those other places, as well.

This Summer our electric bill has averaged about $180 in our five bedroom 3 bath place. The amounts I'm seeing for places this size are double that or a bit more, elsewhere.
 
I just received my bill today. After 3 weeks of above 90 degree temps, running the AC all day everyday, my bill is $167.
 
Adauth said:
Prorated is the only way to go man.
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I don't like that balanced program cause during the winter when my bill is actually $70-90 it ends up being $250+ on that plan. I rather pay a big July, august and September bill then all year round $230+ bill.
 
angldvl81 said:
i do. living in the desert i live by it!!! i'd rather take the higher bills in the winter than the summer!!!!
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Exactly, The summers in south Louisiana are brutal with 100* temps and 100% humidty.
Saves me lots of money in the long run.
 
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