Water and electricity average monthly bill

[tamcim72]

A lot has to do with the age of the home and appliances for efficiency, We have FPL in a new 2400/under air home in St Johns County, we are averaging $200 summer and $120 winter with water only 35/month (sprinklers are off lake). The FPL survey is informative. We had 8 ceiling fans run all the time at $5/each thats $40 just in fans. Now we turn on only while in use. The fridge in garage, which I have to have, runs atleast $20 extra. We have a lot of high hat lights (mounted in the ceiling) and they are very hot, we put dimmers to help. Flourescent lights have come a long way, I use them in garage, utility, outside, etc. still not good for bathroom vanity though. When we first moved in we had problems with afternoon heat on the west side of house. I installed dark wood blinds, awnings, and screen enclosure and it has helped a lot. Now if those trees would just grow so we could get some shade.

[Karla with a K]

your welcome titaniummd
as a matter of fact I just got the new ele bill
The total was $165.38 the break down is
$128.56 ele (1358) kwh last month we used 1793
$19.18 sewer
17.64 water
we were away for 2 weeks so thats why the ele was less.
I swear the water never changes makes me wonder if they have a min.
yeah the ele companies love doing the energy audits so call and see whats available

tamcim72 we also have those high ceiling lights thanks for the tip on the dimmer do I need 7 lights burning bright in the kitchen !!! lol maybe hubby would miss the "food mistakes" if it wasn't so bright in there

Hopefully it will cool down in the next couple weeks and the A/C won't be running all day
I am looking forward tot he nice breeze blowing in the windows
lol one can hope