How much was your last Electric bill?

[Gomboman]

The last time we did this was in the summer. I think Bonibelle and Brooke beat us all with huge electric bills. Mine was around $200 in the summer which I thought was high.

Our last electric bill for November was $92 for 605 kWh's. What was your last electric bill?

[Brookenstein]

$275... I'm on vacation so I don't have the kwh.  The month before was $190.  Not sure what the difference was...

[Tman122]

Mine has been 146 dollars for over a year now every single month. I have a full electric house and am on a monthly dual fuel budget plan.

(Dual Fuel) If you have an alrenate heat source to heat your house I.E. wood stove. The power company installs a control box at your panel. This box is radio controlled and allows the Power Company to turn off your heat at peak power times. For the home owner you get a reduced rate of .04 per KWH versus .07 here in Northern Minnesota. I don't even have a gas line ran to my house from the street.

[tileman]

Last month's bill with zero days of spa ownership was $50. My furnance is gas though, so my electric bill is much cheaper in the winter opposed to the summer when I have my electric a/c running. I should be getting my first full month of spa ownership bill any day now. I have been waiting anxiously to get it as I am very curious to see how much it really costs me to opperate.

[bohms]

Mine was $117.36 for 969 KWH in Nov.
By the way - I'm like Tileman, my furnace is gas so my electric is lower in the winter.

[Brookenstein]

I also have gas heat, water, dryer, stove, etc.   My summer bills were around $450.

This month SoCal Edison is adding a .15 increase (when 100% over baseline) so my bills will be even higher.  They told me to expect $700 bills in summer.

We've had the spa a year and never noticed an increase in our bills.

[tileman]

  My summer bills were around $450.

Is this gas and electric combined? If not, how big is your house?

[Brookenstein]

No.  But gas in the summer is nothing... maybe $20.  We just turned on the heat this week for the first time since last winter... the most gas got to last winter was $60.

Our house is a whopping 1227 sq ft.  We have a high efficient AC unit, all of the lightbulbs have been switched out to the energy efficient ones, we got rid of the 2nd fridge last summer, etc. etc.  The house has the original single pain windows, valuted ceilings throughout, and very little insulation.  Plus the 52" tv is almost always on, 2-3 computers are usually on at a time, and the kids are terrible with shutting off lights.

The most kwh we used last summer was about 1700.. Rates are just outrageous in CA.

[tileman]

No.  But gas in the summer is nothing... maybe $20.  We just turned on the heat this week for the first time since last winter... the most gas got to last winter was $60.

Our house is a whopping 1227 sq ft.  We have a high efficient AC unit, all of the lightbulbs have been switched out to the energy efficient ones, we got rid of the 2nd fridge last summer, etc. etc.  The house has the original single pain windows, valuted ceilings throughout, and very little insulation.  Plus the 52" tv is almost always on, 2-3 computers are usually on at a time, and the kids are terrible with shutting off lights.

The most kwh we used last summer was about 1700.. Rates are just outrageous in CA.

Our houses are the same size except yours is probably worth 10x more than mine, as you're in CA and I'm in dreaded MO with the cows.
To give you an idea how inexpensive it is to live hear, my highest electric bill was $125. I guess if it was as expensive as CA, there would be no incentives to move here.

Oh btw, did you check out my g/f   feet in "Am I weird?" today.

[tileman]

Last month's bill with zero days of spa ownership was $50. My furnance is gas though, so my electric bill is much cheaper in the winter opposed to the summer when I have my electric a/c running. I should be getting my first full month of spa ownership bill any day now. I have been waiting anxiously to get it as I am very curious to see how much it really costs me to opperate.

The bill arrived today and is for service from 10/22 to 11/25, so it's definetly a full month of spa ownership. 869 kwhs for $78.00. That's almost a dollar a day increase. I soaked 1 to 2 times everyday but 1. I'm very pleased with these results.

[Brookenstein]

Here is my last year of usage...
As you can see our rates have gone up a lot, the 11/06 bill used 93kwh less than 11/05 and yet our bill was $55.49 more.

Month           kwh          days      use/day     Total Bill
11/17/2006      1234      30      41.13      $275.05
10/18/2006      1009      30      33.63      $192.61
9/18/2006       1292      32      40.38      $253.14
8/17/2006       1600      29      55.17      $367.72
7/19/2006       1795      30      59.83      $428.96
6/19/2006       1513      32      47.28      $342.11
5/18/2006       1049      29      36.17      $221.41
4/19/2006         1101      30      36.70      $231.53
3/20/2006        1400      31      45.16      $318.60
2/17/2006        1150      29      39.66      $227.77
1/19/2006        1167      31      37.65      $200.91
12/19/2005      1210      31      39.03      $197.29
11/18/2005      1327      31      42.81      $220.54

Chad, your gf feet are nice, but I prefer short toe nails.  I do wish I had the time to have such a nice pedicure though.

[Spiderman]

$105 for 1369KW's.  We just got the bill in the mail today.

[Brookenstein]

$105 for 1369KW's.  We just got the bill in the mail today.

No offense Spiderman, but people like you make me sick!!!!

[anne]

Brooke, I'm also in CA, but my highest  bills for the last 16 months were this last July (heat wave from hell) at $230 (my highest electric bill ever by a couple hundred KwH), and last December ($220). The furnace is gas and the A/C is electric. I think that is part of why my bills are not as outrageous as yours. 1300 square foot older house. We have reasonable insulation and I made both blackout curtains and regular drapes for the 10' wall of windows in my living room.  

date                KwH             $$$$        Gas Therms      $$$$              Total  
7/17/2006          1,243          $220.08          10.0          $10.05          $230.13
12/14/2005          587            $74.62           86.0           $146.36          $220.98

Comparing electricity use from most of '05 (no tub) to most of '06 (yes tub) it seems that I used about $15-25 more electricity each month this whole year. (This is a $$ due to USE not increased rates). I'd attribute that to the tub, and a little randomness.

Last month I paid $0.131/KwH, this month it was $0.144. Gas was $1.18/therm this month, and $1.12/therm last month. My gas rates seem to fluctuate more than my electric rates. In the last year they have been as low as $0.9 and as hight as $0.19

[anne]

Brooke, looking at your bills, it seems that your energy rates are even higher than mine- approx $0.23/kwh. Where in CA are you? I'm in Sacramento