For SAHM OR WAHM, what is your last energy bill like? We have been enrolled in an energy saving program, but keep getting emails that we are over. Like this month we are projected to be $180+ over our "goal"! We use the AC 3 hours MAX a day. I barely turn on our lights. We use cold water to wash laundry. I don't know how else to keep the cost down! Even with. He fans on, K and I are sweating and the thermostat says it's 82 degrees in our house. We had our AC replaced this summer and the tech swore our bill would go down, but it's projected to be over $240 this month and idk what to do. What's your normal energy bill like?
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In the summer it's $30 (yay for free A/C!). In the winter, it's $270-400. Ouch.
ETA: is your oven/range gas or electric? That could be a lot of it if you cook a lot. In the winter, we set our heat at 70 and then use space heaters, which saves us a lot of $$.
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How big is your house?
ETA: do you have electric heat?
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Ours includes electricity+water+trash and it's around $230/month now.
our place is a comfortable 74-76 all day. I usually keep the lights off if I'm not in the kitchen. Run the dishwasher at least once a day using hot water. I do at least one load of laundry a day.
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We have a 1300sqft living space. I'm not including our game room in this.
I work from home. My computer is turned on 24/7. We have 3 flat screen HD tvs that are off and on throught the day & at least two lights on most of the day/evening. Our dryer is electric and I do 5-6 loads of laundry per week. We have gas heat. When its hot, I run the AC 24/7 and we keep it at about 73*. I run the dishwasher on a daily basis, and the washing machine on cold.
Our electric bill is about $130/month and we are not on a budget. We have an actual reading every other month.
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@betsyboop: @Mrs. Jump Rope: our house is 2000 sq ft. Everything is electric. But I haven't been cooking much at all. And I try to keep AC use to an hour max in the afternoon. But somedays I don't even turn it on. We just bear the heat. We definitely haven't been using the heater!
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My dh stays home and ours is pretty consistently 100$ a month. We keep our thermostat around 74!
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@Mrs. Jump Rope: seems like something is wrong with our usage. We do run the central fan almost 24/7, trying to save on energy bill that way. Maybe I need to call the company to see what my problem is?
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Ours was about $450 last month! It's been hot here but it is crazy. Definitely more than when I didn't stay at home.
ETA that was an actual read, not an estimate so I can't even call to check!
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Ours is around $45-$60 per month. Our house is 2600 sq ft but we don't run the AC unless it's above 90 out, and even then it's usually not all day. We have the TV on, fans for when we sleep/nap, I keep lights off as much as I can. We are not on a budget we get a reading every other month. I looked into getting on a budget but it was going to run be about $80/month...so that made no sense.
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$30/month - we don't have AC. It's about $80 with electric heat during the winter
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@shopaholic: I would. How long have you lived there? What are your bills like in the winter? If its electric everything, it ought to be relatively the same.
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Our house is 2600 sq feet and our bill is usually about $85 a month and $150-$175 a month in the summer!
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@Mrs. Jump Rope: 2.5 years. TBH, I don't know. Will have to check with DH tonight. I'm just sick of the email alerts and thinking that K and I are basically naked in a sweat house at home and still going over!
It's literally 84 degrees in the house with fans going. I finally caved and turned on the AC.
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