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america, how much was your electricity bill in July?

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$90 for a 3 br ranch. The swamp coooler has been running continuously for three months. Switching to CFLs helped. Replacing the Pentium 4 with a Core whatever has cut the computer electric use by more than half. I need to vacuum under the fridge again.
 
spacejamz said:
August bills are gonna suck for North Texas...Dallas will probably break the record this Friday for number of 100 degrees days in a row...record is 42 days set back in 1980 and we are at 37 days right now...
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North Dallas here...not too shabby. Clocked in at 2800kW usage for $290 to keep 3k sqft cool from the constant 105+ degrees.
 
Was $92.59 from June 16th to July 15th. Will know July-August in a few weeks. Duke Energy in NC on a 2BR Apartment around 850-900sf set between 72 and 74F.
 
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$665 because I work on Guam. The salary is good but the island, including the territory owned power company is corrupt as hell.

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Power to serve my ass...power to ass rape you if you want air conditioning.
 
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I should be getting the current bill in a few days, last month's was 177$ but that includes water as well. But it's Florida so I always assume summer power bills to be 150-225$.
 
Whoozyerdaddy said:
$190

How the hell do you rack up a $400 electric bill?
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In one of spideys threads he said something like he can leave the lights on 24/7 and pay for it because it's god given right to waste power. (he was probably talking about hypothetical)
One can also use that much power running a grow op. Sometimes police look for things like massive power bills that would indicate you leave your lights on 24/7 the way spidey does.

A month has 720 hours. Local power here is about $0.12 per kwh.
$400 = (x kw)*720h*(0.12 $/kwh)
x = 4.63kW continuously all day and night.

A good third of that will go to random stuff like running lights, dish washer, washing machine, computers. Maybe 3kw continously for random unexplained crap. That's about 3 air conditioners. If I lived in Texas and had a big house with really terrible insulation, that probably would sound right. Or it could be a grow op.
 
Jeeebus said:
Biggest fear is zombie hurricanes. The windows can keep either one out normally, but combined, not so sure. That and my ATOT drugged-out comic relief fan club - don't need him sniffing around the house, though pics of great dane chasing him down the street would make for an epic ATOT thread.
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You could invite him over as a party favor for the dogs.
 
Just checked mine, not as bad as I originally expected. $162, and I have a balance of $184. I'm on equal billing. I only need to pay $134. Now that it's starting to cool down and soon it will be winter, I probably wont be using the AC much anymore. So chances are my equal billing fee wont change much.
 
Last 3 bills....1750 square foot, 1 story home. I got a new American Standard 15 SEER heat pump....my electric bills were about $30-50 higher per month this time last year.

May = $70
June = $90
July = $120
 
Mine was $322. Highest ever.

I have a problem with teenage kids staying up until 5am every night though.

Anyone have a cure for that? I'm ready to start turning off the power at night.
 
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