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I live in a 750 square foot apartment in Raleigh. I've been paying Progress energy bills (Electric Central Air and Heat) that come in around $50 to $60 dollars.
I look online today and my bill is $110....I haven't changed my usage at all. In fact, I've been turning the heat off at night to save energy.
Is this at all normal? Shouldn't winters be less expensive than summers?
First thing to check is your Kilowatt (KW) usage month to month. if it is in fact the same than yes something is seriously wrong. If your usage is up find out on your bill where it says something like KW/H = $0.xx cents and you can do the math. Take your KW/H usage and multiply it by the actual KW/H used and you should come up with the price less the misc. graph and corruption adders (that would be the Tax adder on your bill and surcharges, etc.)
Is summer bills more than winter bills it depends how hot the summer is versus how cold the winters are. It also depends if you run summers at 72 degrees and winters at 72 degrees......it is all relative to what you think is comfortable in each season.
Good luck and for your bill to be so much more, I would think something is wrong like maybe a mis read on your meter or something was left on during the month that you were not aware of....
Just spoke with someone who lives in my complex..their bill is incredibly high as well.
My usage apparently did double from last month. I wasn't home for Christmas, so that can account for a bit of an increase, but other than that, I did nothing to use so many more - in fact, I'd say I used less by turning the heat off.
Yes, but the outside temperature may be playing more of a role in this than you expect. It was still pretty warm in November and December. In January it got pretty cold. So if you had your thermostat set at 68 all three of those months, you would have a higher bill in January because your heat was kicking on more often and probably for longer in order to maintain 68 degrees. Even with turning it off at night, the daytime usage may have been enough to push your bill that high.
You might want to do a little weatherproofing to make your apartment more energy efficient. You can get plastic to put over the windows for pretty cheap at Walmart, and thermal curtains (or any thick curtains) will help to insulate your windows, which are a major source of heat loss.
I live in a 750 square foot apartment in Raleigh. I've been paying Progress energy bills (Electric Central Air and Heat) that come in around $50 to $60 dollars.
I look online today and my bill is $110....I haven't changed my usage at all. In fact, I've been turning the heat off at night to save energy.
Is this at all normal? Shouldn't winters be less expensive than summers?
What's up? Am I missing something?
Thanks.
I don't know for sure, but I can tell you that my bill in the winter has always been higher than my summer bill. It seems like the power company follows suit behind the gas providers. The recent rate hike probably also contributed to the bill, but as I said my bill always goes up substancially during the winter months.
I look online today and my bill is $110....I haven't changed my usage at all. In fact, I've been turning the heat off at night to save energy.
I'm guessing you have electric heat? I used to do that to but I've since kept it on always but at a lower temperature. If you turn it off at night and then on again in the morning the heat strips will kick in. Heat strips = major $$ to operate. By useage was higher turning if off and then on again then just leaving it on a set temp, say 66F.
If you do want to turn it down, turn it up by 1 degree, wait for it to warm up, then turn it up again, etc. Otherwise the heat strips will kick in (you should have an indicator on your thermostat) and that'll cost 'ya.
Yes, but the outside temperature may be playing more of a role in this than you expect. It was still pretty warm in November and December. In January it got pretty cold. So if you had your thermostat set at 68 all three of those months, you would have a higher bill in January because your heat was kicking on more often and probably for longer in order to maintain 68 degrees. Even with turning it off at night, the daytime usage may have been enough to push your bill that high.
You might want to do a little weatherproofing to make your apartment more energy efficient. You can get plastic to put over the windows for pretty cheap at Walmart, and thermal curtains (or any thick curtains) will help to insulate your windows, which are a major source of heat loss.
Yes, I can tell there's a lot of cold coming in through the windows.
I'm guessing that is probably it; however, I really don't have the heat on during the day at all. 5 days a week, the heat is on 5 hours on automatic fan (i.e. it's not constant).
Can open windows equate to double the amount of kilowatt usage?
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