Average Electric Bill (Glendale, Peoria: apartment, home, heat pump)

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by 4khansen

We are moving to Phoenix area this fall and I am curious where do you set your thermostats in the summer? In the high humidity of the Midwest we are used to running the AC about 76-78 degrees in the summer in our home. I would assume with the low humidity we might get by even higher 80, 82? What do you do, or where are you comfortable in your own home?

In the winter, I would assume it would run about the same for us for heat, about 72 during the day and 68 at night?

73-74 during off peak hours. 80-82 is hot anywhere and would be miserable indoors. I can only see doing that if you have a very restrictive budget.

[LBTRS]

Originally Posted by 4khansen

We are moving to Phoenix area this fall and I am curious where do you set your thermostats in the summer? In the high humidity of the Midwest we are used to running the AC about 76-78 degrees in the summer in our home. I would assume with the low humidity we might get by even higher 80, 82? What do you do, or where are you comfortable in your own home?

In the winter, I would assume it would run about the same for us for heat, about 72 during the day and 68 at night?

We keep ours at 80 while we are at work (for the dogs) and 78 while we are home. It goes to 76 at night while sleeping.

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by 4khansen

We are moving to Phoenix area this fall and I am curious where do you set your thermostats in the summer? In the high humidity of the Midwest we are used to running the AC about 76-78 degrees in the summer in our home. I would assume with the low humidity we might get by even higher 80, 82? What do you do, or where are you comfortable in your own home?

In the winter, I would assume it would run about the same for us for heat, about 72 during the day and 68 at night?

I run mine down to 68 at night and leave it off during the day unless the house gets over 82. I’m on a plan with SRP that charges extra to use electricity from 3-6 so I try to avoid that too. I tolerate heat better than cold.

In the winter I do the opposite. I leave it off at night and then run it when I get up to warm the house up to like 72ish. Then it’s off again.

[kytoaz]

The highest bill we have had in and older 2 bedroom house has been 185 bucks. I hear stories of 500 plus electric bills but I can't imagine that. Although the bills can get high in the summer the low or no cost for heating in the winters more than makes up. Our overall energy costs here are way lower than Kentucky.

[Potential_Landlord]

I'm just saying the typical posters here have low bills compared to the average. They either are frugal, have newer AC units or have well-insulated homes. So take it with a grain of salt. In our 1986-built, not very well insulated 2000sf home with a 15 year old unit we used from 150$ minimum in the winter to 400$ in August. 77 over day and 74 over night thermostat. Now we have a new unit and solar so it's much lower and not comparable. Newer unit does not mean trouble-free btw. I had to replace two contactors and a faulty cable that made bad contact to the contactor. At least I learned a lot about AC repairs.

[beez74]

You wont truly know till you get here and get a routine....I remember asking this question before I moved and being scared to death after seeing posts of $250-400 a month bills. so far our bill for end of summer and fall was never over 110 and winter bill has been less than 50 for a 2200 sq ft home...we kept the air at 75 24/7 and just kept track of when we used the appliances. follow the peak plan times and you'll be fine

[ElleTea]

I replaced my HVAC system last fall, I am really curious to see how much lower my electic bills are this summer. (I also replaced my pool pump last spring with a much more energy efficient one, so that helps, too!)

[MGS4EVER]

Originally Posted by Potential_Landlord

I'm just saying the typical posters here have low bills compared to the average. They either are frugal, have newer AC units or have well-insulated homes. So take it with a grain of salt. In our 1986-built, not very well insulated 2000sf home with a 15 year old unit we used from 150$ minimum in the winter to 400$ in August. 77 over day and 74 over night thermostat. Now we have a new unit and solar so it's much lower and not comparable. Newer unit does not mean trouble-free btw. I had to replace two contactors and a faulty cable that made bad contact to the contactor. At least I learned a lot about AC repairs.

I agree with this.

I don't like a cold house, so I keep my AC set at 82. I also have an east/west exposure, so my house gets the morning sun at the front of the house and the terrible afternoon sun at the main living area/kitchen/bedroom. Makes a big difference. I recommend getting a home that faces north/south.

I have neighbors who have their AC on already and their bills are always huge. Another neighbor has lower bills now (according to them) because they put in a newer AC unit. Another neighbor replaced everything for $25,000. I doubt it really makes a difference what their monthly bill is now with that cash outlay. It will take years to average that bill out.

In addition: it depends on where you live in the valley. I live way out west on an acre in farmland. I don't have high density housing all around me to buffer wind or anything else. So there's just too many factors to give you a real cost per month for your power bill. You would have to give us the neighborhood where you think you want to live to get a better idea of what the cost would be. As another poster wrote, APS and SRP are very different in how much they charge.

[Handymanjojo]

Were looking in North Peoria

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by Handymanjojo

Were looking in North Peoria

Where now?