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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:11 PM
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Poll question: How much is your monthly Energy Bill?
Ours was $300 this month, which seems awfully high. $230 of it is for gas usage.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:13 PM
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1. Last month it was $81 and thats just using the fireplace and the water heater.
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 07:19 PM
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2. last month $150 for 1035 sq ft all electric
Edited on Tue Mar-13-07 07:19 PM by Neo
that was the highest it ever got the lowest was about $40 in the late spring.
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S n o w b a l l Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 09:10 PM
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3. Mine was $325 last month
And I keep the heat at about 63. A 2100 sf gas/electric house. It's crazy...that's a rent payment for some.
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 09:29 PM
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4. $860 electric bill
Here in CT, my February electric bill (includes electric heat) was $860 for 2100 square feet.

My friend's electric bill (without electric heat) for a house with comparable square feet was $530. Another friend's studio apartment was $180.





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S n o w b a l l Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-13-07 09:48 PM
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5. Damn!
Then I'll quit complaining. We've had a very mild winter or mine would be higher but nothing like that.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:15 AM
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6. Like, $30 for two months
Yes, that's a three and a zero.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 01:38 AM
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16. i'll be sure to check back with you in July
:P
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 03:06 AM
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18. What, you think the fridge is going to run more often?
:shrug:

I gots no ac here. :P
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 08:49 AM
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21. yes
You need to keep the beer cool, don't you?

:popcorn:
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:17 AM
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7. Ours was 475$ last month..
It includes water, gas is separate.
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:18 AM
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8. 288.00
Give or take. Last month was 350.00.

:scared:
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:19 AM
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9. Other,
roughly 55 bucks in the winter, and 100 bucks during the summer....:D
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:27 AM
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10. Cripes! Ours is only about 90 summer, 150 winter
For 2200sqft., all electric. Praise Bob for a temperate climate and cheap hydro, I guess.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:38 AM
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11. Last month:
Gas (CuFt x 100) 55 = $65.81

Elec (KWH) 295 = $33.78



House is 1,280 square feet.

The gas bill will be cut about in half from now through September or so, since most of that's the furnace. But the electric bill will go up a bit since I'll have at least one fan goin' most of the time.

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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:40 AM
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12. What about water?
Oh...wait. Kollyfornia does it separately, doesn't it? At least in SoCal they did. Gas bill and electric and water all came separately.

Pain in the ass...but the sticker-shock isn't as bad.

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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:46 AM
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13. Well, mine are all included
in the rent statement. But water's not energy, so... :shrug:

Anyway, it's nothin' — $5.37 last month. But that'll go up now, too, since I've already started watering the lawn again. And the roses.

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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 12:57 AM
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14. $35.00 or Less
I live in a small place, and I rarely use the heater. Last year during the heat wave I had to get an air conditioner just to survive, and my electric bill went up to $35.00 for the month, but it's usually around $28.00 or so.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 01:37 AM
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15. $170.61
Feb and March are always well over $100.
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anti-everything Donating Member (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 01:57 AM
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17. under $100...
now that I'm back in Minnesota, where things make sense. I have good insulation. I hated $300 power bills in the summer in GA.
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 07:53 AM
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19. lately, over 300,000
but that is in Korean won. About $350 for gas and electricity combined. Last summer.... about $700. Holy shit.
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 08:30 AM
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20. Depends on the season
I'm in the upper midwest, with a 1225 sq. ft. condo.

Under $50 in the summer, $125-175 in the winter.

I'm sure in the south it's reversed.
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