Ouch, how much was your last Electric bill?

[Gomboman]

OK, it's been awhile since we did this. My electric bill last month was $326 for 1,579 kWh's. None of this was spa related. I'm not sure if my heater ever kicked on once last month. It was very hot in Southern California last month and our AC was running quite a bit. I'm sure Brooke has me beat.

Overall, this averages to be around $.21 per kWh even though our charges are on a sliding scale. How much was your highest electric bill this past summer?

[Spiderman]

From 07-25-07 to 08-24-07 we used 1,479 KWH which totaled $112.27      Just a little bit lower than yours       That is from the upper mid-west

[tony]

My electric bills have skyrocketed in the last couple of years, nothing to do with the spa...just the cost of energy.

[Spatech_tuo]

OK, it's been awhile since we did this. My electric bill last month was $326 for 1,579 kWh's. None of this was spa related. I'm not sure if my heater ever kicked on once last month. It was very hot in Southern California last month and our AC was running quite a bit. I'm sure Brooke has me beat.

Overall, this averages to be around $.21 per kWh even though our charges are on a sliding scale. How much was your highest electric bill this past summer?

C'mon, it's a dry heat where you live. If you want a reasonable power bill stop being a wuss and turn off that AC!!!

When I was your age we sat on blocks of ice to stay cool!!

[Brookenstein]

LOL, you have me beat for once.  Mine was 1432 kwh for $286.

[Vanguard]

We have competition in Texas.  I currently pay .10/kwh.  Some retailers of power charge as much as .16.  Amazing what competition can do.

[ndabunka]

We are on a flat rate system and have gas for heat so our monthly bills are a consistent $123/month, EVERY month.  I couldn't even tell you how much we use.  It doesn't matter.

Have any of you ever heard of "Bloom Energy"?  It's not an electric company but rather IS an alternate model for power (using batteries of all things).  Self power generation and you sell back what you don't use to the power companies.  It's actually similar to an approach I started studying/considering nearly 5 years ago when Hydrogen was the only option for self generation.  Bloom has a write up in the Sept edition of Business 2.0 on Page 62/63.  Lots of people laugh at the approach but if your power bills are THAT high, then $20K for a unit might not be such a bad thing.  I'd sure like to get the distribution/selling rights to this technology in my area (even if it is still a few years away from maturity).

[Brewman]

Our electric rates are about $.08/kwh.  Bill runs around $100 per month, give or take $20 or so.   In summer the spa uses less, but the central A/C makes up for it.  In the winter when the A/C is quiet, the spa uses more power.  We get a $10 per month discount in the summer months for allowing the power company to install the saver switching gear.  

 Our natural gas bill is scarier than our electric.  Depending on rates, during the years when gas is high priced, we've paid $300 per month, or even more, if it gets super cold.   That was a couple winters ago.  They aren't sounding the alarm bells yet on  NG prices, so hopefully this winter won't be so bad- if so heat should cost under $200 most months.  When furnace isn't running, NG costs about $20/month- just for water heater, dryer and oven and stovetop.

[Brookenstein]

My $286 bill told me if I wanted to switch to the level pay plan it would be $301 a month.  That seemed crazy to me as my highest bill all summer was $300.  Why would I pay that all year round... when 8 months out of the year I'm closer to $225 if not less.  Made no sense to me and certainly didn't motivate me to switch.

My gas bill this summer avgd about $20, in winter will run between $50 and $100 depending how cold it gets and how high the rate hikes are.

[texxags]

Who is your Electricity with?  

[Lars]

My bill actually went down, even with the spa going.

Got rid of the electric dryer.  

[Tman122]

Hi All.........the tool man back on board, currently spaless   But I just payed my electric bill 24.81 for a month for the power and a 20 dollar delivery charge  :-?

I thought that stuff went down the wires all by itself??? I did not know there was a guy pushing it in at the power plant?

[Vinny]

My electric bill was $183 for 1089 KWH. I'm paying about $0.165 per KWH total (supply + delivery) which is about $0.04 per KWH more than it was when I first got the tub.

[Tman122]

Or are there millions of teany tiny trucks driving back and forth down the power line dumping it at my house?

[ndabunka]

Who is your Electricity with?  

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