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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
First of all, glad to hear that Matthew is back at work. I hope he paces himself, and that his boss gives him breaks, so that he can rest his leg a bit. With your MIL living at your house now, I understand how the a/c would need to be set a bit higher during the day, when others are away at work.

We've been prudent with our (2 window units) a/c, and cut back on running them. But you know, I despise summer, and sometimes I have to put them on blast. (Checked last years' bills against current ones, and we have used less power, overall.) Still, in summer, the usage kicks up the price big time, and this month was $100 more than a month ago, when we didn't have much hot weather.
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That is one of the biggest savings I found living in the south. The cost for utilities in the north is mind boggling. Your bill is $100.00 higher and my total bill this month was $107.00. This apartment is totally electric. Everything and that $107 number is the highest it has been in the 12 years I lived here. Let's not lose sight of the fact that this has been one of the hottest July's on record. I set my AC and my Heat Pump at 73 year round. The bill drops way down in the winter because the system hardly ever runs except for probably about 20 or so days in the winter when it drops down to the 20's outside. In Vermont I remember paying in the range of $150 per month in the summer due to a couple of window AC's, however, the winter came with about $1800 in fuel costs to heat the place up to 68 F. In the winter the Electricity bill would drop down to about $120 per month because the furnace blower was running pretty much all the time.

Quick note: even though it seem like turning the AC's off is a savings, it isn't that much of a deal. I takes a lot more time and energy to cool the air back down than to maintain the temperature so it only has to run when the thermostat calls for it. When I lived in Vermont, just before I left, my window AC's had start timers in them. I programed them to go on about two hours before I got home from work. They ran full bore for those two hours but I was gone for around 10 hours. At that point it made no sense to keep them on only to keep the insects cool. However, if I was only going to be gone for a couple of hours I left them on.
 
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FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Maybe it's me being one person but I find my bills rather on the cheaper side than what they could be. Of course, most of the time I use the natural light. Granted it was a warmer winter last year but heating for me never went over $100.

My electric bill is not due for another couple days but it's probably around $50. It's the AC, it was way cheaper in the winter.
 
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Lilofan

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Goofyernmost said:
That is one of the biggest savings I found living in the south. The cost for utilities in the north is mind boggling. You're bill is $100.00 higher and my total bill this month was $107.00. This apartment is totally electric. Everything and that $107 number is the highest it has been in the 12 years I lived here. Let's not lose sight of the fact that this has been one of the hottest July's on record. I set my AC and my Heat Pump at 73 year round. The bill drops way down in the winter because the system hardly ever runs except for probably about 20 or so days in the winter when it drops down to the 20's outside. In Vermont I remember paying in the range of $150 per month in the summer due to a couple of window AC's, however, the winter came with about $1800 in fuel costs to heat the place up to 68 F. In the winter the Electricity bill would drop down to about $120 per month because the furnace blower was running pretty much all the time.

Quick note: even though it seem like turning the AC's off is a savings, it isn't that much of a deal. I takes a lot more time and energy to cool the air back down than to maintain the temperature so it only has to run when the thermostat calls for it. When I lived in Vermont, just before I left, my window AC's had start timers in them. I programed them to go on about two hours before I got home from work. They ran full bore for those two hours but I was gone for around 10 hours. At that point it made no sense to keep them on only to keep the insects cool. However, if I was only going to be gone for a couple of hours I left them on.
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CO, UT , NM that have winters have the lowest monthly avg utility bills, HI, FL, SC have the highest according to move.org
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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rshell68 said:
@StarWarsGirl Congrats on your next 3 wins!! The Orioles can totally play their backups and still beat the Mets. Heck, any college team that played in the College World Series this year could beat the Mets.
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Hopefully we can pull out some wins against them. Tampa is playing Detroit, who's even worse, so we need to keep winning in order to maintain our first place spot.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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FutureCEO said:
Maybe it's me being one person but I find my bills rather on the cheaper side than what they could be. Of course, most of the time I use the natural light. Granted it was a warmer winter last year but heating for me never went over $100.

My electric bill is not due for another couple days but it's probably around $50. It's the AC, it was way cheaper in the winter.
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Wow, much cheaper rates in RI. (My only cheaper rate, even less than yours, is the heating bill in winter, because I prefer it colder. Also, it's natural gas for the heating, not electric.) The electric bill is another animal, and the rates are way too high, broken down into supplier and distributor charges, or something like that.
 

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