Your electric bill (Phoenix, Avondale, Goodyear: buy, to move, delivery)

[modsalon]

What does you electric bill run per month? 280 last month
How many sq ft is your house? 1600
what kind of exposure do you have (East/west or north/south)? north/south
what temp do you set your thermostat at? 82 between 1pm & 8pm, 72 from 8pm-1pm
do you have a pool? yes
is your house all electric or do you have natural gas as well? gas for water and central heat, pool heater

[shanc622]

Originally Posted by JasonS

That sounds kinda high to me for the temps your using, i use similar temps and my house is a little bigger then yours at 4100 and i have a pool pump run 8 hours every night. My last bill was $215 with about 1900 kilowats(550 on peak,1350 off peak). My peak time is 9am till 9pm,but i think i might switch to the 12pm till 7pm plan.

Do you use an on peak/off peak plan? If not you should switch to it and try to use less power durning hte peak hours.

I thought it was pretty high also. This past month I kept an eye on the energy we were using, lights, TV's, etc. If anything we kept extra electronics off, etc. Our fan was fixed so we expected a lower bill. The only difference is I've been working from home so during the day, this past month, I dropped the AC from 85 to 83 downstairs. Well, that raised our electric bill to $400. I just don't get it and I don't think it's correct. We've had so many other problems with our new house I don't doubt that our AC isn't right. I went around today checking the vents upstairs and found that I could only feel air coming out of like 3-4 out of probably 12 I checked. We aren't on a plan yet but I think we have no other choice at this point. I don't even know where to begin to have this checked out. We've already had our builder send out AC guys 3 times now...and they each had something different to say (surprise, surprise).

[teepolo]

Originally Posted by CheyDee

What does you electric bill run per month? Last bill was $199
How many sq ft is your house? 2100
what kind of exposure do you have (East/west or north/south)? N/S
what temp do you set your thermostat at? 70 degrees, around the clock
do you have a pool? yes
is your house all electric or do you have natural gas as well? Both. Last gas bill was $35

Chey,

You are $100.00 less with your electric bill per month than loco. You have a pool, your home is 100sq ft larger, you run your A/C 4 to 6 degrees cooler, it don't make sense. Did you mean $299.00 per month? If not, i would really be interested to know how you are saving more than loco?!

[teepolo]

How about monthly water bills???

[fcorrales80]

Cheydee might be more efficient using other items in her house. Runs her washer and dryer at night, etc. My parent's paid $65.00 this month for water and many months run as low at $35.00.

[aiwei]

What does you electric bill run per month? 230 last month
How many sq ft is your house? 2700/ 2 stories
what kind of exposure do you have (East/west or north/south)? north/south
what temp do you set your thermostat at? 85 between 12pm & 12am, off from 12am-12pm w/ ceiling fans on high
do you have a pool? nois your house all electric or do you have natural gas as well? gas water heater, elec clothes dryer

[sh9730]

Meant to post this earlier in month. Finally got a "full" bill.

July 1 to Aug 1 - APS in Casa Grande

House - 1900 SQ FT single story, lots of windows (but energy efficient)

Home all day - (work from home)

Ceiling fans in all rooms but only one on at time

Only me in house most of time

Thermostat set to 80 during day - 77 at night

$279.00 bill

[CheyDee]

Originally Posted by teepolo

Chey,

You are $100.00 less with your electric bill per month than loco. You have a pool, your home is 100sq ft larger, you run your A/C 4 to 6 degrees cooler, it don't make sense. Did you mean $299.00 per month? If not, i would really be interested to know how you are saving more than loco?!

$199 was correctly typed. The difference makes complete sense to me.

My house is situated N-S, rather than loco's E-W.
I do not have valuted ceilings.
There are no children in this house, compared with 5 of loco's (thus less TV's running, etc.) Obviously, I do a LOT less laundry than loco, since there are only 2 people who live here. (That is less clothing, bedding, towels, etc.)
I run my pool pump for 6 hours/day, compared with loco's 10 hours. (Pool pumps pull a lot of electricity.)
My house was built in 2007, with extra insulation in the walls and ceiling and tech shield in the ceiling. The windows were upgraded and have no air leaks. I don't know about loco's, but these things make a difference in the electric bill too. I have sunscreens on my east, south, and west windows, as well as blackout drapes in the room which has both south and west exposure. My house is a single story, (again, don't know about loco's), which I think is cheaper to cool than a two story. Also, you have to "count" my $35 gas bill. Loco's house is all electric, mine is not. So, for all of those differences, I am only saving $66/month compared to loco. $101 for the electric, less $35 I spent for gas.

My water bills have been running between $35 and $43/month, no doubt beause of all the evaporation from the pool.

Edit: You also have to realize that post was made before SRP's primo summer rates. My last two bills have been much higher than $199/month.

[sassieb75]

Last bill.....$255
Square ft...1500
Exposure...East/West (and hate it)
thermostat day...77ish...nite...80ish
Pool....NOPE
All electric

Am I the only one that actually turns the a/c warmer at night?

[TurcoLoco]

Originally Posted by sassieb75

Am I the only one that actually turns the a/c warmer at night?

Uh, yeah, I believe so. Sassie what is with turning it higher at night anyhow? Kinda freaky...