Electric Bill

sugarnspice Posted: Sep 25, 2010 05:12 PM

Electric Bill

how much do you pay a month? I had all these estimates and i was WAY under and now i think our meter must be wrong or our house eats energy....

help me get an idea please

eta i know i have a 'big' house but stilll

dkr111 Posted: Sep 25, 2010 05:16 PM

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I just got mine yesterday- it was $81.37. Averages around 70-90 a month for us

MikesBride2B Posted: Sep 25, 2010 06:27 PM

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In the summer its usually between $100 and $130....winter its usually between $50 and $80

JennandAnthony Posted: Sep 25, 2010 07:13 PM

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this is still a 'sore' spot for me.................we rent the upstairs apartment from my grandmother and from my understanding june and july the bill was about 100 to $300................weeelllllll augusts bill was a whopping $700 thats right 700 and she NEVER questioned the bill just accused us of using tooo much a.c. ................

Spring143 Posted: Sep 25, 2010 09:40 PM

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when we first moved into the apt I looked at our bill and it was like this has to be wrong. when i called up the guy told me 'well electrics expensive' i mean come on its a 1b apt.
its never what we were told it would be.
last month our bill was def the highest though of 195

Lsorrent Posted: Sep 26, 2010 09:41 AM

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Depends on the time of year. During the fall/winter it's around $200-250. During the summer it's upwards of around $500 because of the A/C.

KrisD72310 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 10:24 AM

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I can't figure this out. It changes so much every month. This month it's $270, last month was $140.

chicky724 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 10:29 AM

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We have the balanced billing and I think it's right around $90 every month.

MLAngelo Posted: Sep 26, 2010 11:28 AM

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LIPA does estimates... so every other month the bill is based on the electric use from the year before. Then the next month they read the meter and its based on your consumption for the two months. So if they estimate your using $70 worth of electric a month and you actually use $150 worth, then one month your bill will be $70 and the next it will be $230.

Since our house was virtually empty the year before we bought it, every other month our bills were high.

Summertimegal424 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 12:29 PM

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from feb-may it was 75-80
for june it was 150
for july it was 360!
for august it was 151!

**we had central air running all summer

geegee827 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 12:31 PM

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Ours averages about $150 every other month (we get billed about $300 every other month). It's more in the summer with the a/c on.

for the balanced billing LIPA wants $202 a month.

bride2be1012 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 01:12 PM

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Was $100 for the first month in our townhouse.

stinenandy2010 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 05:12 PM

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Summers around $130

Winters around $40

We have gas heat so I'm lucky.

JenBill61210 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 07:55 PM

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we have been living here only a few months but on average with central air it has been $300

KrisD72310 Posted: Sep 26, 2010 10:32 PM

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Posted by chicky724

We have the balanced billing and I think it's right around $90 every month.

Would you recommend the balanced billing? I just don't want to end up paying an exorbitant amount at the end of the year.

Rosalind_75 Posted: Sep 27, 2010 08:33 AM

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balance billing is $124 a month

the past two years they over estimated so we usually have a credit and dont have to pay one month.

we have a prettty big asss house. thank god for central ac

FutureCap Posted: Sep 27, 2010 11:46 AM

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winter about $100/month ususlly less
summer... last one was $331 for 2 months (so like $165/mth).

FutureCap Posted: Sep 27, 2010 11:47 AM

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Posted by KrisD72310

Posted by chicky724

We have the balanced billing and I think it's right around $90 every month.

Would you recommend the balanced billing? I just don't want to end up paying an exorbitant amount at the end of the year.

personally we don't do it b/c we have the higher electric bill in the summer and higher oil in the winter, so they kinda even out the year on their own. well... not really since oil is much more, but the electric in the summer plus the landscaper together even out the oil bills. oil bills are the worst!

MrsInglima Posted: Sep 27, 2010 12:06 PM

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When we were in our 2 BR apartment it was generally $40/mo in the winter and 80/mo in the summer (we love our AC).

Since we've moved, we're noq in a 2BR townhouse and we were at $47 last month, but I think it was only 3/4 of the month, so my guess is we'll be around $60/mo.