One other thing you may want to look at if you have an underground line from the pole... you may have a leg of that that has a slight break in it that is feeding electricity into the ground constantly. We had that happen in our first home and our bill went through the roof. We fixed it and it dropped in half.
How much is your electric bill?
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We just got moved into our house. 1300 sq ft, vaulted ceilings and upstairs loft. Really well insulated. Ceiling fans. We opted to go with window a/c units and woodburning stove with gas radiant heat backup rather than a central HVAC system. I have a gas dryer and gas hot water heater. We also have a workshop that is 1500 sq ft and we have 2 window A/Cs out there and a freezer and extra refrigerator. Our elec bill just came in the mail and was $79. Our propane tank still shows "full".
the problem with the OP's bill is that delivery charge. you need to find out what that is and why it's on your bill. i thought at first it must be a payment for installation charges too, if not, it's way out of line for a regular delivery charge.
even if the house is 40 years old, the service could have been moved or upgraded to result in that charge. find out what it is.
the electricity itself doesn't seem that bad for that many people.
if y'all want something to get really fired up about...you should hear what the wholesale costs of power are (what your coop pays for the electricty thet buy, assuming they don't have any generation). it's been a few years since i was buying wholesale power but at that time it could be as low as $18 a megawatt. the highest i ever paid, on behalf of the coop i worked for was $750 a megawatt during a peak-hour curtailment on a hot day. our usual contracted cost was $37 a megawatt.
deregulation is a joke created by the bug guys to make more money. it just doesn't work with electricity to benefit the average consumer. i think they ought to get rid of deregulation and go back to the way it was.
jena
even if the house is 40 years old, the service could have been moved or upgraded to result in that charge. find out what it is.
the electricity itself doesn't seem that bad for that many people.
if y'all want something to get really fired up about...you should hear what the wholesale costs of power are (what your coop pays for the electricty thet buy, assuming they don't have any generation). it's been a few years since i was buying wholesale power but at that time it could be as low as $18 a megawatt. the highest i ever paid, on behalf of the coop i worked for was $750 a megawatt during a peak-hour curtailment on a hot day. our usual contracted cost was $37 a megawatt.
deregulation is a joke created by the bug guys to make more money. it just doesn't work with electricity to benefit the average consumer. i think they ought to get rid of deregulation and go back to the way it was.
jena
Jena said:the problem with the OP's bill is that delivery charge. you need to find out what that is and why it's on your bill. i thought at first it must be a payment for installation charges too, if not, it's way out of line for a regular delivery charge.
even if the house is 40 years old, the service could have been moved or upgraded to result in that charge. find out what it is.
jena
In deregulated states, the delivery charge is based on the kwh used. High usage=high delivery charge.
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