Houston Electric, How many kWh - Month do you use? (appliances, how much)

[avarkh]

Something seems just plain wrong with our Electric Usage. If others in Houston could please post the following info I would appreciate it:

August Bill: 6,700Kwh
Bill$: $750
House sqr': 4000sqr'
House Year Built: 1984
2 ACs set at: 80 Deg inside (yes it is too hot inside)
Pool: Yes, pump set to run 4 hours a day. 1.5HP pump

Even with it cooling down a bit, We are seeing the last 10 days on track for the same usage next month! I'm starting to think something else is pulling electricity from our circuit. We just don't have any unusual appliances. We turn lights out. We keep ac's uncomfortably hot, etc.

[Zhang Fei]

Originally Posted by avarkh

Something seems just plain wrong with our Electric Usage. If others in Houston could please post the following info I would appreciate it:

August Bill: 6,700Kwh
Bill$: $750
House sqr': 4000sqr'
House Year Built: 1984
2 ACs set at: 80 Deg inside (yes it is too hot inside)
Pool: Yes, pump set to run 4 hours a day. 1.5HP pump

Even with it cooling down a bit, We are seeing the last 10 days on track for the same usage next month! I'm starting to think something else is pulling electricity from our circuit. We just don't have any unusual appliances. We turn lights out. We keep ac's uncomfortably hot, etc.

Have you had your AC units serviced recently?

[bluelion_ms3]

i thought you set your a/c to 78-79 according to another one of your posts...

here's my info.....
august bill: 2422kw
bill: $300
house sq: 2780 (2 story)
yr built: 2010
1 a/c unit : set at 78
pool : no

[avarkh]

Originally Posted by bluelion_ms3

i thought you set your a/c to 78-79 according to another one of your posts...

here's my info.....
august bill: 2422kw
bill: $300
house sq: 2780 (2 story)
yr built: 2010
1 a/c unit : set at 78
pool : no

We bumped it up a month ago because of the high bill so we can watch the meter. It's on track in the last 15 days to use the same or close as when set a couple degrees lower.

[avarkh]

Originally Posted by Zhang Fei

Have you had your AC units serviced recently?

We did have them serviced when we moved in ~4months ago. I may have them looked at again though as SOMETHING seems really out of whack for usage.

[TFW46]

If you have a Smart Meter, you can check your usage hourly online as early as two days later. Checking it hourly will tell you how much electricity your pool pump is using, as well as giving you a good estimate of how much electricity your a/c is using in the peak hot hours.

I check my electricity usage every day and have learned that doing a load of laundry (washing and drying) uses a lot more electricity than I thought it did. Same for the dishwasher. I noted the times that I used those appliances and then checked the usage for that timeframe two days later. What an eye-opener.

[DavidAg02]

Originally Posted by texasfirewheel

If you have a Smart Meter, you can check your usage hourly online as early as two days later. Checking it hourly will tell you how much electricity your pool pump is using, as well as giving you a good estimate of how much electricity your a/c is using in the peak hot hours.

I check my electricity usage every day and have learned that doing a load of laundry (washing and drying) uses a lot more electricity than I thought it did. Same for the dishwasher. I noted the times that I used those appliances and then checked the usage for that timeframe two days later. What an eye-opener.

How do I check my Smart Meter online?

[piyf]

6700????????? Oh my god.

2500sqft (appraisal guy said 2800) house built in 2008
Thermo set to 74 when home

Max so far this year is 1800kWh. I pay 8.x cents per kWh

I will say I was charged 1800 but the graph actually showed 3800.

[TFW46]

Originally Posted by DavidAg02

How do I check my Smart Meter online?

Log into your Reliant.com account. (If you dont have an account online, set one up.) When you log in, the first page you go to will show your weekly, by day, usage in a chart form. Click on the chart for any day and the usage will show up by the hour.

[avarkh]

Originally Posted by texasfirewheel

If you have a Smart Meter, you can check your usage hourly online as early as two days later. Checking it hourly will tell you how much electricity your pool pump is using, as well as giving you a good estimate of how much electricity your a/c is using in the peak hot hours.

I check my electricity usage every day and have learned that doing a load of laundry (washing and drying) uses a lot more electricity than I thought it did. Same for the dishwasher. I noted the times that I used those appliances and then checked the usage for that timeframe two days later. What an eye-opener.

Thanks for this tip. I did not know how much valuable data you can get out their online system. We have Reliant w/ smart meter and just looked online. They have a comparison of your usage vs average neighbor and efficient neighbor. We are using 47% more than average neighbor and well over double efficient neighbors. This does confirm we have some major issue(s) going on here. Especially considering our house is the smallest around. Most neighbors are 5000-6000sqr'. Our spikes are from 9am till dark... at least a place to start trying to sort it out. I may even suffer a day without a/c to see what it does to the spikes that day.