WTF! My electric bill doubled since last month....

[aphex]

Last month - $74
This month - $143

I usually expect a decent increase when the summer months hit, but my A/C hasn't been on all that much more than last month afaik. Every year past the increase was gradual, $70's in the winter months, $120's in the summer.

Something funky is going on.

Did the price per KwH spike or something?

Amount of your last bill 74.79
Payment received - Thank you 74.79CR
Balance before new charges $0.00

New charges (Rate: RS-1 RESIDENTIAL SERVICE )
Electric service amount 137.47**
Storm charge 1.48
Gross receipts tax 3.56
Total new charges $142.51

Total amount you owe $142.51

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Meter reading - meter XXXXXXX
Current reading 57364
Previous reading -56026
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kWh used 1338

Energy usage
Last This
year year
kWh this month 1020 1338
Service days 30 32
kWh/day 34 42
**The electric service amount
includes the following charges:
Customer charge: $5.34 per month
Fuel: $73.32
(First 1000 kWh at $0.052270)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.062270)
Non-fuel: $58.81
(First 1000 kWh at $0.041340)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.051660)

 

[nakedfrog]

Did you look at the bill? Does it show usage and the cost per unit?

 

[RichardE]

Check your bill for the price for KwH this month and compare it to last month.

 

[Ns1]

Next time, make sure you turn off the sybian when you are finished.

 

[aphex]

updated the op with this months bill, gonna go grab last months to compare

 

[isekii]

Does it hurt ?

 

[randay]

your neighbors stealing your electramacity?

 

[tranceport]

What % of your power comes from nat gas and what % from coal? Or does all of your power come from one source?

 

[aphex]

Dunno, the bill above shows Fuel/Non-Fuel breakdown, so i assume thats it.

 

[aphex]

This is from last month;

kWh used 734
Energy usage
Last This
year year
kWh this month 869 734
Service days 29 29
kWh/day 30 25
**The electric service amount
includes the following charges:
Customer charge: $5.34 per month
Fuel: $38.37
(First 1000 kWh at $0.052270)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.062270)
Non-fuel: $30.34
(First 1000 kWh at $0.041340)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.051660)

So it looks like the price per KwH stayed the same. Hrmph, something is odd.

 

[RichardE]

kWh this month 1020 1338 (current bill)


kWh this month 869 734 (Last bill)

Seems like you used a ton more non fuel.... (Twice as much actually)


Any idea why?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: RichardE
kWh this month 1020 1338 (current bill)


kWh this month 869 734 (Last bill)

Seems like you used a ton more non fuel.... (Twice as much actually)


Any idea why?

Nope, thats what I can't figure out. All my lights are CCFL and we rarely leave them on, A/C is programmable and lets the house get warmer during the mid-day. Nothing is really all that different between the months, certainly not twice as much.

 

[BHeemsoth]

Well, it did get quite a bit warmer from May to June.

I'd suspect your AC is cycling on a bit more these days.

 

[Bryophyte]

If the meter is read by a human (and not remotely), they will guess at a bill if they didn't get out to read it, then correct it later. This might be your problem. If not, you may have a drain that you need to find. Perhaps your water heater (assuming it's electric) has a problem like a dead element or bad thermostat.

You're just lucky not to live in Juneau Alaska. A landslide took down their power (hydroelectric) and they've been relying on diesel generators. My relatives were hit with $700-800 or higher bills for just one month of electric service.

 

[ElFenix]

more days in the month and higher average usage per day. what isn't there to understand?

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
If the meter is read by a human (and not remotely), they will guess at a bill if they didn't get out to read it, then correct it later. This might be your problem. If not, you may have a drain that you need to find. Perhaps your water heater (assuming it's electric) has a problem like a dead element or bad thermostat.

You're just lucky not to live in Juneau Alaska. A landslide took down their power (hydroelectric) and they've been relying on diesel generators. My relatives were hit with $700-800 or higher bills for just one month of electric service.

Meter reading - meter XXXXXXX
Current reading 57364
Previous reading -56026


Check your own meter

 

[moparacer]

De-regulation is whats probably doing it. I think I seen somewhere, Illinois I think light bills are up 170 percent?!?!?! :shocked:

We are on a co op here and shouldnt get hit by it..

total for generation and ditstibution is .11 KWH here

 

[OdiN]

It was caused by global warming, terrorists and gas prices.

 

[QED]

Take a look at your meter late tonight, or early tomorrow morning, and record it. Make it a point to not use your A/C at all for the day.

Read the meter the next night or early morning, and find the difference. If it's closer to 25 than 42, than it's likely your A/C is cycling more than you realize.
If it's closer to 42 than 25, you might have something else using an inordinate amount of electricity (say, a water heater going bad, or refrigerator going bad).

 

[txrandom]

I know your rates are the same, but they may be going up soon. The electricity rates at my parents house went up about 50% a month ago. Luckily, they are in a contract for the old rate for a few months. High fuel costs affects more than gas prices!

 

[Baked]

Somebody's been using the washer as a make-shift Sybian.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
If the meter is read by a human (and not remotely), they will guess at a bill if they didn't get out to read it, then correct it later. This might be your problem. If not, you may have a drain that you need to find. Perhaps your water heater (assuming it's electric) has a problem like a dead element or bad thermostat.

You're just lucky not to live in Juneau Alaska. A landslide took down their power (hydroelectric) and they've been relying on diesel generators. My relatives were hit with $700-800 or higher bills for just one month of electric service.

Meter reading - meter XXXXXXX
Current reading 57364
Previous reading -56026


Check your own meter

His reading from his last bill was quite a bit lower than the same month last year. Perhaps they estimated last month and brought it up to reality this month.

 

[richardycc]

how does your elec company know how many kwh were use for fuel and non fuel?

 

[Paperdoc]

I think Bryophyte has the right idea. This month your consuption in KWH was a bit more than the same month last year. Last month, same story: this year roughly comparable to last year. And yet, in BOTH cases this month is almost double last month. It looks a lot like the electric company is using May as the time to correct any previous billing errors by plugging in real meter readings, instead of estimates.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Ns1
Next time, make sure you turn off the sybian when you are finished.

Ah, you learned the 'hard' way, did you?