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Looking over my ConEd bills throughout the past year, my rates have fluctuated between $106-$160/month with seemingly no explanation. 2-bedroom apartment w/2 adults who, outside of my PC, infrequently watch TV or use any energy-hogging appliances.
I live in your bog-standard apartment building (pre-war on the outside, gut renovated in the '80's), and am wracking my head over this. Could my next-door neighbor be stealing my electricity? Is my ESCO gouging my eyes out (figuratively)?
Is there any way I could get a grip on my ConEd bill rates, because I'm certainly not consuming the electricity warranted by these prices. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
about 399.00 a year for an energy star model at .30kw .
we also have an under ground system here in nyc which is soooooo much better than losing power every storm like long island. but it is very costly to do and maintain. .
there are different rates and surcharges on the bill different times of the year.
nyc also has issues few other cities have because we have so little manufacturing going 24/7 . basically all the money has to be made during the day . other areas have production running at factories providing a 24 hour income stream. our day time use requires huge amounts of power but little gets paid for that privilege at night.
today we have energy efficient lighting on all night in manhattan and some hvac going and little else. those generators have to be providing power at high levels at night whether someone uses it or not.
I hate paying high utility bills but we do have a reliable superior service compared to just about anywhere else because we are protected underground and there are technical issues we have here like power factor from all the lighting ballasts we have and huge hvac units that light , cool and heat huge sky scrappers.
Last edited by mathjak107; 01-29-2015 at 02:36 AM..
I think Con Edison offers its consumer a way to spread the cost of their bills in equal payments throughout year as I have seen that advertised on their printed bills. So I suggest the OP call up Con Edison and ask how to go about getting on that particular plan.
Wait until your governor "NoNo" succceeds in shutting down the Indian Point nuclear power plant and then ConEd customers will really feel the pain. His late daddy shut down the Shoreham nuclear power plant and bankrupted Long Island Lighting and now the good folks who live on the island suffer with some of the highest electricity bills in the USA.
In my experience without air conditioner or electric heater use, my electric bill hovers around $50-$60. My bill only goes above $100 when I use those two appliances a lot.
One bedroom apartment during the winter costs me roughly $100 give or take a few dollars. This is without using a space heater which I usually need. Summer time can get close to $300 for AC 8 hours a day. Some summers I spend $300 a month on AC and I am still sweating it out for the other 16 hours.
...my rates have fluctuated between $106-$160/month with seemingly no explanation...
Those numbers you quoted are not your rates, they are your bill totals. The actual rates are the costs per kilowatt hour ($/kWh), and there are rates for supply and delivery. Add up the $/kWh rates for each month and then you can compare if they actually went up or down. Then look at how much electricity you actually used, the total number of kilowatt hours (kWh). You will see which months you used the most electricity in.
I guess many people use or waste to much energy. I use less than 100 kwh a month without air conditioning. Get a "Kill-a-Watt" if you want to hunt down those power suckers in your household.
Turn off the lights in the house before you leave. Turn off/unplug electrical appliances that are not being used. I just saved you 50% off your bill. YOUR WELCOME!
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