Just Got Our Power Bill For August

around 3000 sq.ft. Upstairs programmed at 81 to 82 when we're not home. Downstairs at 80 to 81. When we get home we turn thermostat down 1 degree. (When it runs we feel cool no matter if it's at 78 or 80.

At night we sleep with ceiling fans and floor fans on us. (dd - mine has a remote to crank up the speed for those flashes! )

June bill - $136
July bill - $197 (but this month we had an Irish house guest so we kept house at 79 so she'd be more comfortable. Bought her a floor fan too! )

Dumped TXU and went with Star Tex Power a while back.

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$326 :angry:


And this includes turning up 2 of the ac units up to 76 while we are at work till we go to bed that night. Then I turn the main floor down to 74 and the upstairs to 72 overnight.

72? HOT! We roll between 64 and 68 out here. I mean, do we have to go to work if there are rolling blackouts?

Did you night owls turn in already? All curled up in your thick comforters with the A/C on 68? Wimps! :funn:

No, actually I was in currled up with my comforter in bed with the window open cuz it was 65 degrees outside!

Evenings are very cool here in the Bay!!

$827 from Chelco for August...

1,060 square feet...

Air set on about 74-76 degrees...

Okay, does Fired Up win the "most outrageous bill" award?

...and the SoWal Wenches Painting Club knows which two electrical appliances we run daily during Summer!

August power bills in three locations:
Bainbridge Island, WA: $48
Napa Valley, CA: $158
Grayton Beach: $592

What is wrong with this picture?

August power bills in three locations:
Bainbridge Island, WA: $48
Napa Valley, CA: $158
Grayton Beach: $592

What is wrong with this picture?

Nothing. Just look at the differences in the climates and the rate structures.

August power bills in three locations:
Bainbridge Island, WA: $48
Napa Valley, CA: $158
Grayton Beach: $592

What is wrong with this picture?

Look at it this way...all those glorious renters paid the GB one!!! Our WC was much higher this summer...combo of contiguous rentals and heat, I suppose.

The good news is that we are about to have 3-4 months of almost nothing power bills, if you enjoy opening the windows and breathing fresh air.

And we will be there breathing it in just 10 long days.

Everyone who has had outrageous power bills--check to make sure that your a.c. filters are changed monthly. I know of a woman who has a $300 power bill for a 1200 sq. ft. condo. Turns out that she had never changer the filters--the condenser unit was frozen up with 1" of ice (on top of a building) and the air handler was also frozen. The filters were so bad that there was black mold growing on them.

WHOLY CRAP~!!!!

August power bills in three locations:
Bainbridge Island, WA: $48
Napa Valley, CA: $158
Grayton Beach: $592

What is wrong with this picture?

Everyone who has had outrageous power bills--check to make sure that your a.c. filters are changed monthly. I know of a woman who has a $300 power bill for a 1200 sq. ft. condo. Turns out that she had never changer the filters--the condenser unit was frozen up with 1" of ice (on top of a building) and the air handler was also frozen. The filters were so bad that there was black mold growing on them.

Simple stuff like this makes a world of difference. Like itty bitty leaving the back door to the pool open for hours on end and saying" Oh, I was coming in after while". And it's a 100 out there