Average electricity costs

[xz2y]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

Of course rates are increasing everywhere. However, you get what you pay for with low rates (Ohio Valley for example). Absolutely filthy air quality and old coal plants everywhere

I see that you are in KY. Are you referring to the low rates and coal plants in KY? I have read that utility rates are lower in KY, but as you mentioned, there are trade-offs.

[NevilleW]

Luckyyyyy. I just got my bill in Australia, at 25.738 cents per kwh! (98% coal burnt). Are we being ripped off? you bet.
Went up 1st July 2012 by 14 percent due to extra tax on electricity to change us to wind and solar, we are governed by dinosaurs.

[AnywhereElse]

This summer in Kansas, June, July and August, bills around town for the thrifty were running about $250.00 to $300.00 per month for houses averaging probably 1,000 to 1,200 square feet. Our bill for July, only 20 days since we moved out of the house was $166.00 and we kept our thermostat on 81 degrees during the day and mostly ran fans at night. Low cost of living? Not when people make $8.00 to $10.00 an hour.

[itsMeFred]

Well since it was SOOO blessedly hot this summer, we had our highest bill ever (for our 14x70 ancient trailer house): $150 for the month of July. Haven't seen August's bill, yet...

[ZTeam]

Our typical summer bills are around $200/month. This year our highest was $265. For a 2500 SqFt house with thermostat at 75 deg.

The electric rates in Kansas are among the lowest in the nation. Yes, the base load power is primarily coal (with natural gas to supplement the peaks) but that is why we have the low rates.

[itsMeFred]

Ouch! I though the $170 I got for the month of August was steep.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by ZTeam

Our typical summer bills are around $200/month. This year our highest was $265. For a 2500 SqFt house with thermostat at 75 deg.

The electric rates in Kansas are among the lowest in the nation. Yes, the base load power is primarily coal (with natural gas to supplement the peaks) but that is why we have the low rates.

It is inexcusable that the main baseline power source in KS is still coal when the vast majority of the states are moving to natural gas (has its own set of issues) and other sources that are far cleaner and increasingly much less expensive when you factor in the externalized costs of coal. The whole Sunflower electric coop debacle over a NEW coal plant in Finney county was pure idiocy at its finest. Kansans across the board should be concerned about warming temperatures as electric utilities comprise the vast majority of carbon emissions. ALSO, persistent droughts in the future due to a warmer climate will make it far more costly to run baseload coal plants and nuclear plants as they require a large reliable water source. This is ALREADY occuring at John Redmond reservior in Coffey county where the Wolf Creek Nuclear station operates. D4 is the drought classification in this area which is the absolute worst categorical classification.

[luzianne]

Here's what my last bill showed. Total was 1879 kWh and bill was $247.74. And it was very hot during that time, pretty much 100+ every day. 1400 square foot house with finished basement that is not closed off from the upstairs. Don't know if that counts or not, but what I am saying is we cooled the basement too (although obviously doesn't take as much to cool the basement). Our electricity runs about $100 in the winter without AC. We keep temperature about 75-77 in the summer. 75 when my husband's home and 77 when he's not.

kWh Days kWh / day Total $ / day
Comparative Usage Information
Current 1,879 29 64.7 $ 8.54
Previous 2,528 30 84.2 $11.00
Last year 1,892 29 65.2 $ 8.20