Whats Your Power Bill this Winter??

On the attached garage - I pulled the rock down and insulated the outside walls as well as the garage attic to help when I'm heating. That also seemed to help some in the house. I did find that the inside insulation to the house inside the walls wasn't great.. (only 2x4 @R13) My house is ~18 years old so not using 2x6 exterior walls.

The split level is very common back north and I would love a house like that here. I could see where it would be a slight disadvantage as you have mentioned. You might try to run your HVAC in circulating mode. I do that when I'm burning wood in the fireplace to move the heat around.
 
January Elec: $163/ Gas $88. 3 story, 3300 sqft. Heat the top floor w/ heat pump, bottom 2 floor w/ gas logs (blowers), gas water heater. Usually stay in teh top 2 floors. Also have 2 security lights (deer watchers $28:flipoff2:)
Kids have ben raised to turn off all lights when not in the room and dont whine about the temp unless you have alot of clothes on.
 
I heard "they" approved a rate increase that was effective mid-December...? I'm not gonna google it or anything.

My last 2 electric bills were over $200, defentley the highest we've had since moving into this house 4.5 years ago, built new in 2005. Well, expect the span where the AUX heater was stuck on fighting the A/C midsummer, that was expensive, never recouped that from the HVAC contractor.

We keep the house @67-68 in the winter 69-70 in the summer. I have 2300sq ft in 2 stories on top of an unfinished basement.
 
kaiser715 said:
Oh, one thing I forgot to mention...

Billing cycle last month for me was 34 days. Thats about 10% of the difference right there.
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On a similar note - how are the actual per-kW rates now vs this time last year? Few people actually look at that.
Around here they just keep going up, they change them slightly and nobody really notices. No requirement to tell you...

I was blown away when I moved up here, the rates are about 1.5x what they were in NC. Thanks, Deregulation!
 
Reading these posts I feel much better. I almost crapped my diaper when I got these bills. 1700sqft w/ all electric.

Nov. $275
Dec. $376
Jan. on track for $220 according to meter.

I made some changes to the thermo temp settings etc. in Jan so it looks like its working.
 
bill in jan 2010 was 84. 1500sf i burn wood have a new 15 seer heat pump.but wood is free just my time to split it.with all the snow and ice this weekend house stayed around 73*
 
118 for power and water and sewage and garbage. another 100 for nat gas.
 
our light bill here at school was just over $200, i cant remember what exactly tho. my roommates are terrible for jacking the heat up and leaving lights on. i am forever dropping the heat down when ever i walk by the thermostat. i like to keep our house around 65, they'd prefer 75.
 
986 sf went from 78 to 182 last month. House is at 60 in the day 68 from 4 till 10 pm. I am know running a space heater from 4 till 10 when it is below freezing to keep the strips off.
 
My house is 2500 sq ft. and the highest I have had came the other day for 129.00. Average about 80 a month until then.
 
RenegadeT said:
thanks, I was curious if it was true or not, and too busy @work to search.
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But not to busy to read about power bills in chit chat on nc4x4.:lol:
 
My last bill was $392 ( heat pump ) and the one before that was $275 , I am now back to using my wood stove , after letting it sit idle for serveral years . I hope it will make a difference .
 
Mine was about $450, highest it has ever been since we've owned the house (5 years). I know I had the temp set too high and ran the aux heat too much. My wife is pregnant though and her body temperature is all fubared, so I was just trying to keep her comfortable. :lol:
 
Mine is about $150 in the summer, about 50-75 in the winter depending on how much welding I do. I have a fireplace insert that basically keeps the furnace from cutting on. Oil heat otherwise, doubt the tank will need to be filled for a few years at the rate I'm using it (and I got about 150 gallons free last year)...
 
i live in a middle apt so the others keep me warm. only turned my heat on for 2 weeks this winter even in boone. I changed all my bulbs to CFLs and stopped using my dishwasher so its down to about $50:D
 
I would love to have a wood stove or other wood-burning source of heat! I'll put that on my checklist for my next house :lol:. In the summer, my bills flip. Usually gas is in the $30 range and electric around $100-$120
 
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