what is the average cost of an electric bill

[coyoteskye]

Originally Posted by coolpow

I live in Hesperia California and in a 2000 square foot house and my elect bill was $500.00 last month.

I hope the original poster has figured it out by now ... 3 years later.
$500 a month for an electricity bill?!!! Wow.

[Rhenzanite]

Originally Posted by coyoteskye

I hope the original poster has figured it out by now ... 3 years later.
$500 a month for an electricity bill?!!! Wow.

Eh, that's nothing. The last house I lived at we had a $1300 electric bill one month because my awesome roommates decided to 'save energy and cut the heating costs' they would just plug in electric heaters in every room of the house.... of course, we had people coming and going PLUS single pane windows everywhere.

After I posted that bill, 2 of my roommates disappeared without paying, never to be seen again. I had to pay the entire thing myself, even though I had been gone 3 weeks of that month.

[coyoteskye]

Originally Posted by JetJockey

Eh, that's nothing. The last house I lived at we had a $1300 electric bill one month because my awesome roommates decided to 'save energy and cut the heating costs' they would just plug in electric heaters in every room of the house.... of course, we had people coming and going PLUS single pane windows everywhere.

After I posted that bill, 2 of my roommates disappeared without paying, never to be seen again. I had to pay the entire thing myself, even though I had been gone 3 weeks of that month.

There are definitely advantages to living alone!

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Originally Posted by JetJockey

Eh, that's nothing. The last house I lived at we had a $1300 electric bill one month because my awesome roommates decided to 'save energy and cut the heating costs' they would just plug in electric heaters in every room of the house.... of course, we had people coming and going PLUS single pane windows everywhere.

After I posted that bill, 2 of my roommates disappeared without paying, never to be seen again. I had to pay the entire thing myself, even though I had been gone 3 weeks of that month.

Awesome cool. That is kind of like speeding in your car to get air flow because your radiator stopped working. Heard of a friend doing that one. Always some smart person in the room that wants to try something differant out. lol

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by JetJockey

Eh, that's nothing. The last house I lived at we had a $1300 electric bill one month because my awesome roommates decided to 'save energy and cut the heating costs' they would just plug in electric heaters in every room of the house.... of course, we had people coming and going PLUS single pane windows everywhere.

After I posted that bill, 2 of my roommates disappeared without paying, never to be seen again. I had to pay the entire thing myself, even though I had been gone 3 weeks of that month.

Your bone-head roommates obviously didn't know that heating with gas costs pennies to the dollar compared to heating with electricity. Ditto for heating water, for that matter. Boil it in a pot in half the time and at a fraction of the cost of using the microwave. Live and learn, but $1,300 for a month's worth of KW is one heck of a way to learn.

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by JetJockey

Eh, that's nothing. The last house I lived at we had a $1300 electric bill one month because my awesome roommates decided to 'save energy and cut the heating costs' they would just plug in electric heaters in every room of the house.... of course, we had people coming and going PLUS single pane windows everywhere.

After I posted that bill, 2 of my roommates disappeared without paying, never to be seen again. I had to pay the entire thing myself, even though I had been gone 3 weeks of that month.

I would think they would be tripping circuit breakers using many portable heaters.

[abalone_girl]

I live in a 3 bdr, 2 bath modular home and the winter average is $100, the summer averages $50. I am coastal so it really makes a difference where you live. My mom has a 2 story, solid redwood home with a wood burning stove (same locale) and her winter bill is over $200 in winter. She has poor insulation as well. So your all over the map with this question.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

We spend more in the winter because the lights are on longer not because of heating or cooling the home. Cooling the home consists of opening a window and or turning on a fan.