How High Is Your Electric Bill? (Houston, Katy: apartment, to live, moving)

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by txdemo

Please check with your HOA first.

I already did and my HOA is good with it.

[bellamae8]

3000 sq ft house, about 15 years old. Around $65 in the winter and up to $160 in the summer. Two units and we keep it at 74.

[lostboii]

what do you guys expect for a one bedroom unit on the 2nd floor of a complex built in 99 but been renovated.
single person

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by bellamae8

3000 sq ft house, about 15 years old. Around $65 in the winter and up to $160 in the summer. Two units and we keep it at 74.

Very nice. I need some of that.

[jasonamd]

Originally Posted by lostboii

what do you guys expect for a one bedroom unit on the 2nd floor of a complex built in 99 but been renovated.
single person

I was paying around $150 a month in the summer and about $100 in the winter when using heat (all electric). Second floor, built in 96, about 800sqft.

[swopoe]

We just got our bill today. Our home is brand new, 4200 sq feet, two stories, two a/c units. Our bill was $189. I am a SAHM, so I am home a lot during the week. I keep the a/c around 75 or so.

Funny thing is that our last home (2400 sq ft, 2 stories, built in 2004) had higher electricity bills than our new home.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by swopoe

We just got our bill today. Our home is brand new, 4200 sq feet, two stories, two a/c units. Our bill was $189. I am a SAHM, so I am home a lot during the week. I keep the a/c around 75 or so.

Funny thing is that our last home (2400 sq ft, 2 stories, built in 2004) had higher electricity bills than our new home.

The A/C units are a lot more efficient today and your old home might not have had double paned windows (I can't remember the year they became part of the code). The combination of those two can make quite a difference.

[ToyYot]

The rates seem higher than last year and our contract is up end of June. I was thinking of doing Reliants Clear Flex plan at 7.9c and see how it goes as there's no charge to cancel, anyone out there do a variable plan with success?

[swopoe]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

The A/C units are a lot more efficient today and your old home might not have had double paned windows (I can't remember the year they became part of the code). The combination of those two can make quite a difference.

I figured that; I just couldn't believe how much of a difference in comparing the bills. I'll take it though!

[jasonamd]

Low-E windows make a huge difference too. All my windows are Low-E windows except the glass in the doors. There is a very obvious temperature difference between the window and the glass in the door next to it when the sun shines on that side of the house.