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Question of the Day: How Much Was Your Electricity Bill Last Month?

Kendra — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:02:14 EDT

Things are so bad that I'm plugging in gadgets at work and skipping home charging altogether.

It's not our usage, it's the outrageous premiums in the Southern Hemisphere.

Kendra

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junkmail — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:44:11 EDT

@Singlespeed: Yup, an "east-coaster". :)

junkmail

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Ashe — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:07:33 EDT

Funny. My bill is subsidized by my school and it regularly tops 200 a month. I am an electricity wasting person though but hey, I'm from Illinois and my power is generated by nuclear power plants which makes me happy.

Ashe

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gtpooh — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:47:49 EDT

We paid about $84. But the bill was more like $110. PG&E was doing some promotion where you get a reward for cutting back by a certain amount and we did it. We have three people, four computers and a 2000 sq ft house and our bill covers heat as well, so I think we did pretty good.

The last bill from before the husband and his friend left was about $300. We have made some definite changes.

gtpooh

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majeskyb — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:23:21 EDT

Last month's bill was $60.03 @ 3.4 cents a KWH. I've seen it get as low as ~2 cents a KWH, but SWEPCO is always changing their rates. Gas usually runs me about $20-30 in the summer, but I have gas heat/fireplace so my utilities are about the same price year-round.

majeskyb

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coolkiwilivin — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:51:56 EDT

I average about $58 during the winter. From Florida so no heat during winter and blast the crap out of the AC during summer. But we do things like use Fans, dry our clothes on a line and rack and are pretty fastidious about not keepings things on. My old Neighbors would rack up a 2/3 higher bill b/c they kept their house frigid during the summer and kept on all the lights and have a ginormous tv.

coolkiwilivin

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matto — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:27:08 EDT

I cut about $30 - $40 off my power bill when I switched from a giant ATX box to a small Dell desktop as my 24/7 home server.

An added benefit is that its nearly silent, compared with the six-dozen fans blasting away in the old box. The best part? I went from a 1ghz Athlon to a 2ghz Celeron (the p4-ish one).

And I got it on sale from Dell, for $250 including a 15-inch LCD, which I turned around and sold for $100. So the box basically paid for itself in 5 months.

matto

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durden000021 — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:14:25 EDT

1.21 jiggawatts!!?? How could I have been so careless!!??

durden000021

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nickjoedotcom — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:41:20 EDT

Wow really. I use the same amount of stuff I did about two years ago, and my bill has literally doubled in that amount of time.

I would strike and all, but there is something about the internet I like.

nickjoedotcom

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jrronimo — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:11 EDT

My bill was $48.60 for April here in Longmont, CO. As for always-on things:

2 Computers (mine and a Windows Home Server)
1 small fishtank (~20 Gal, I think)
Fridge

My hot water heater and home heat are both gas. I don't have AC in my house, but I do have an evaporative cooler. Speaking of, I better fire that guy up, it's starting to get warm...

jrronimo

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donjumpsuit — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:14:26 EDT

As it stands right now, 69 people voted for $1000+. That means 68 people grow dubes. And you grow dubes in your garage not your basement. In fact, this questioner could have been a smoke screen to calculate the average number of dube growers who visit this website. Is it impossible to think that those who have super disposable incomes are also those who always buy new technology and are interested in it? Just remember, that scruffy guy with ripped jeans and a stained T-shirt who is in line buying three $600 iphones in front of you, he might be a dube grower.

donjumpsuit

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uberfu — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:46:57 EDT

My local Utility Co. owned by the local Gov't adjusts the rates every 6 months by a flat $50_ All winter long I end up paying around $150 and all summer long I end up paying around $100_

uberfu

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encyclia — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:35:26 EDT

We have solar electric. April-May is the best time of year (resulting in a $12 bill last month). I average a $100/month over the year(our system only covers ~70% of our usage on average). We would be around $350/month otherwise.

encyclia

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m37211 — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:27:17 EDT

Here in Raleigh I paid $65 on a 2100 sq ft all electric house last month.

m37211

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jennyfur — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:23:34 EDT

Electric isn't the expensive part. Gas is. The gas bill to heat my apartment this winter averaged a good $250 a month. The electric bill never went over about $60. Although it might hit $80 in the summer if I run the air conditioner much.

jennyfur

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berbar — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:22:14 EDT

Ask us again in mid-summer.

berbar

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drewheyman — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:04:50 EDT

Mine in dallas for the last month was $80 for a 750 sq ft apartment which is about as low as it goes. I expect $300 for the summer.

drewheyman

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groovyone — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:39:35 EDT

@Cordfucious:

I think all of Houston agrees with you.

groovyone

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superdude4agze — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:38:18 EDT

$37.11

Being that last month's bill covered the month of March, which is nice and cool here in Texas I just open all the windows and enjoy the fresh air.

Giz, you should probably ask/reask this question in mid-summer.

superdude4agze

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GeekyNerdGuy — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:21:11 EDT

@PlasmaMachine: Spring here too. Small world.

GeekyNerdGuy

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Iczer2 — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:03 EDT

@kzemach:

"Redwood City, CA so no AC though..."

Bingo! AC energy usage is ridiculous, but in some parts (Florida) living without AC is like asking for heat stroke. And let's not forget the lovely humidity that most AC units remove to make it more comfortable.

Iczer2

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Iczer2 — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:33:13 EDT

@HummerMan3:

Sad thing is in Orlando, Progress Energy's rate is about $.09 for the first 1000Kwh and then $.11 for anything above. I used to live in South Florida and you get gouged for everything down there.

I wonder if those quoting rates as low as .07 are just quoting the energy charges and not adding in the fuel charges. Progress energy splits those apart, so unless you add them together you don't really know what you're being charged.

Iczer2

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Slab — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:11:21 EDT

My electric bill is surprisingly low considering a substantial home theater with three consoles. Large guitar amplifier certainly aren't cheap on the electricity either. Last month was $34 and my worst ever was in $42.

Slab

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odoketa — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:32:24 EDT

173KWH x (0.04531+0.04284)(they list supply and delivery charges separately - looks like 8.8 cents per?

Plus some random surcharges, for a total electric cost of $18.

odoketa

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Bitstuff — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:29:46 EDT

I live in Ireland so converting my electricity bill to USD doesn't give an entirely accurate comparison - still, the bills have been somewhere around $250 a month for the past year.

I'd say most of it comes from heaters having been on every night; my Australian boyfriend is always cold! I'm from a bit higher north in Europe so I prefer the rooms cooler rather than toasty. As to appliances, we have two laptops that are on for a few hours on weekdays and the TV(s) get switched off at the wall every night as well. No AC needed in this climate!

Bitstuff

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fastmike — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:57:31 EDT

Anyone know where I can download electricity ?
I mean Pirate bay ?

fastmike

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Marcelo — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:48:12 EDT

I used to pay 70 a month pretty regularly, give or take 5 bucks. Then I got to unplugging EVERYTHING when not in use - turning off surge protectors, unplugging the TV/Stereo/Wii when not using it. Not using anything less, mind you, just unplugging when not in use - just to see how much latent power I was wasting.

A lot. I'm down to 30 a month, about 180 kWh. And 60% of my juice comes from green energy. What was nice about this system is that it's now given me the leeway to use the AC and the dishwasher more than I previously would have.

Oh, I live in Burbank, CA.

Marcelo

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PlasmaMachine — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:18:20 EDT

@GeekyNerdGuy:

Amen.. I live in Spring and my last bill was about $250. I'm with Reliant and recently changed to their "One Rate Secure Plan" so far it's been pretty good compaired to their normal junk. It's a flat $0.136/kWh.. I live in a house with 4 other people though so it's hard to keep a tight ship running.

PlasmaMachine

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nachomaans — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:44:34 EDT

in thailand, april is the hottest month of the year (there's songkran festival to cool off).

electricity bills are about the double of other months.

$385 instead of $200 for me (single house, 4 persons)
$200 instead of $110 for friend in small apartment

modern thai houses are built with materials and designs that trap the heat (even late in the evening, it's still hot between the roof and ceiling). basically they're like ovens. a/c units have to be turned on a lot, and must represent 60 to 70% of electricity bills.

it's a shame because traditional thai houses were designed to let air flow and remain livable with just fans.

nachomaans

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worthless — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:29:38 EDT

4 bedroom house here with 5 people living in it, our electricity bill was over $500 last month. For the same month last year, with slightly MORE electricity used, the bill was about $125 cheaper.

Now we are all gadget junkies here, but we don't keep a lot of things running 24/7 (except for one relatively low power file server, and of course the fridge). Electricity is just really expensive in Hawaii, and with electric water heaters/stoves, it adds up fast.

worthless

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Cordfucious — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:28:48 EDT

@GeekyNerdGuy: Direct Energy has a sliding scale that I am not too fond of. It was 90 here today (Westhimer & Hwy 6) and not getting any cooler. Try not running a/c in Houston and you will spontaneously combust.

Cordfucious

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GeekyNerdGuy — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:20:02 EDT

I'm getting jealous of all the rates people are quoting. I just got this month's bill, and I'm already at $193. I'll most likely top $400/month by August.

You can't not run A/C in Houston. Well, you could, but you'd earn the nickname Sweatyback and nobody would ever stop by your house.

GeekyNerdGuy

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kylo4 — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:14:04 EDT

First, I had to vote three times before I saw the results, that's getting annoying now.

Second, it was between $101-$120. Who had the $1000+ bills?

kylo4

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hobobobo — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:04:18 EDT

just shy of 3000 KWH last month ... $124. You've got to love coal/nuclear derived power and time-of-day rates. Nights and weekends are 1.9 cents/kwh, so a vast majority of my use happens during those hours. It doesn't work for people who are home a lot during the day, but for night owls like me, it's a great set up.

hobobobo

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lordargent — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:50:53 EDT

baltwade

Heat or A/C = 50% = not run in the summer (when my bill is higher)

Water Heater = 25% The condo has boilers that serve all 92 units. So this is part of my HOA fee, not part of my electric bill.

Major Appliances = 20% yep

Lights = 5% yep

A more useful breakdown.

The actual cost of the Electricity = 30%
Damned taxes = 30%
BS regulatory fees 10%
Line maintenance = 5%
Who knows? = 24%
Some fee they're collecting for the water company for some reason 1%

569 kWh last month => $79.47

lordargent

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gambrinus2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:37:39 EDT

$66.87.

I know because this article totally just reminded me that I hadn't paid it yet...

gambrinus2

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duckers — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:36:32 EDT

Google "Olduvai Theory"
The 2003 blackout was just a taste...

duckers

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baltwade — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:13:54 EDT

Oh how I love spring time in Maryland. I'm not running any heat or AC, so my electric bill is down a lot. Seeing how our electric rates have gone up around 75% here in the last couple years I hoping for a long and mild spring.

People just remember if you're trying to conserve electricity cut back where you're using the most and if you live in an all electric house this is probably how your usage is broken up.

Heat or A/C = 50%
Water Heater = 25%
Major Appliances = 20%
Lights = 5%

baltwade

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tehronin — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:50:40 EDT

80 Bones, with computers, 56 inch bigscreen, AVR, etc... AC always on at least 75 - 74...

tehronin

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liquidsoapdispenser — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:16 EDT

@playaj: I haven't yet seen how the LA DWP will handle the net production in electricity. In the winter months the system produced slightly less than we consumed, so I've only seen that end so far. But for the past few weeks the system has been generating about 10 kWh more than we consume each day. Our house is 1900 sq ft, but it's 3 stories, so our roof is pretty small. So the 24 panels cover most of it. The system cost me $24K (not including my $2K federal tax credit). The total system was about $48K, but local rebates covered the other half.

liquidsoapdispenser

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izzaboo — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:41:21 EDT

uhm. the question should be how many kwh did you use last month.

imo.

I used 403kWh. at a final cost of about 40USD. That was down from last April at 427kWh!

izzaboo

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kzemach — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:35:42 EDT

$55 for the whole utility bill (gas too), AND I have a hot tub. What the *$&$^ are you people running?

Redwood City, CA so no AC though...

kzemach

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Tossik — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:35:36 EDT

April, just got my bill... $289... I hate Oregon lol. 4,500sqft house running a heat pump at 72 degrees year round. computer and tv on for like 24/7 too... ranges and washer/dryers on all the time too... winter time i use wood burning fireplace that cuts my bill in half. most i had to pay was this winter - $470.00 (not that sucked)

Tossik

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henri — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:34:30 EDT

how about electric + gas bill? my electric is steady at 65$ +/- $5 a month, but gas goes up to $200 in the dead of winter

henri

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EBone — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:18:03 EDT

I'm in the $251-300 range, mostly because of the swimming pool and the filter that has to run six hours a day.

EBone

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lordargent — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:14:58 EDT

HummerMan3: 544 kWh @ $0.12 in Ft. Lauderdale = $65. Is it true that there are really places around the country at $0.07/kWh?

These bills are damn confusing

I have eight lines with dollar signs and different numbers ranging from $.0267 to $.0988. But no damn clue what the two different sections of the bill mean.

see page two of their sample bill [www.sdge.com] (PDF)

In the ELEC/DR section, there are two blocks of numbers. One block doesn't have any totals in the right hand column, the other doesn't.

I don't know what the difference is between the two blocks.

lordargent

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KenjiFinster — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:11:57 EDT

US$95 at today's rate. I live in Santiago, Chile; and the price of electricity has almost doubled in the last couple of years.

Also, my house doesn't have any AC and the water heater is tankless.

KenjiFinster

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Maced — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:02:49 EDT

$100/mo in Central Ohio. I do the budget thing which averages out your total usage and you pay the same every month.

Maced

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lordargent — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:01:08 EDT

$77.82. I've been as low as $60 and as high as $150 due to electric co shennanigans.

Out here, they have something called a "baseline allowance". Basically, sell a certain amount of energy for a low price, but use over that and the price per kWh jumps significantly (about 170% looking at my current bill).

The problem is, the baseline changes (You're allowed more kWh in the winter).

Soooo, when it's winter time, and I'm running the heater electricity. My bill is low (around $90-$100).

It's even lower right now ($77) because winter in San Diego has been rather warm so I haven't even been running the heater.

In the summer, I hardly ever run the AC (I like it hot, it would have to hit 85+ degrees outside), but because of the baseline shifting, my bill remains about the same ($90-$100) despite using less energy.

If I actually do run the AC in the summer time, the bill jumps into the $120-$130 range.

/what's worse is the cost per kWh changes throughout the year as well. So I've got a shifting baseline allowance, and a shifting cost for both the baseline and the regular electric charge.

/thankfully, no gas bill :P

lordargent

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karmaghost — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:00:21 EDT

I dunno how to answer this because my bill was estimated for April, it was quoted as $90+, and I had credit left over from the last time that they over-estimated.

karmaghost

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GeekyNerdGuy — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:58:46 EDT

@SgtBeavis: I've got the solar screens on the back of my house. One of my neighbors sealed in his entire attic with that foam insulation stuff, and he's claiming it cut his cooling costs by more than half, but I'm wondering what the ramification of sealing off all those vent holes would be.

GeekyNerdGuy

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HummerMan3 — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:51:01 EDT

544 kWh @ $0.12 in Ft. Lauderdale = $65. Is it true that there are really places around the country at $0.07/kWh??! I picked the wrong damn state to live in.

HummerMan3

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GeekyNerdGuy — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:46:08 EDT

@Cordfucious: I switched over to Direct Energy from Reliant, and it's been better, but I don't think anything is going to be good this summer.

GeekyNerdGuy

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SgtBeavis — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:27:52 EDT

@ferris209:

You sir, are correct.

TXU charges me about 0.13 an hour even though I keep my usage down around 650kWhrs. They charge less if you use over 1500kWhrs. So they are actually penalizing people for saving energy. My uncle in Louisiana is still paying only $0.07 a kWhr. Yea, that de-regulation crap has really helped us.

But its ok, I'm only going to be cutting my usage even more. I've gotten into the habit of unplugging my gadgets AND switching off the surge protector they are plugged into. I've got a radiant barrier in the attic and the Solar Screens are just waiting on HOA approval.

SgtBeavis

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ferris209 — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:10:43 EDT

I'd give anything if regulation would come back to Texas. I never was for deregulation anyways. A-Holes in my state, now instead of having to settle for 5 cents a kilowatt power I get to choose between 14 cents a kilowatt and 16 cents a kilowatt, plus if I need anywork done at all I have to wait a week. Same goes for the phone service. Stupid deregulation.

ferris209

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Singlespeed — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:59:54 EDT

@junkmail: Ah, someone on the other side of the Platte I see.

Singlespeed

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:59:46 EDT

Well, doesn't make much sense my vote since I live in Brazil, but it is about 50 to 60USDs.
Which is TOO MUCH for someone living alone.

It's more than half the bill I had while living with my mother, in a house almost 4 times as big as my current apartment.

But my old laptop is on 24/7, it is colder here so I have to spend more with hot showers and stuff.

So it's not that far off.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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junkmail — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:57:38 EDT

@Singlespeed: Gotta love OPPD. ;)

junkmail

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Singlespeed — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:53:14 EDT

Hooray for Nebraska and one of the lowest energy rates in the country!

Singlespeed

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shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:51:39 EDT

@GenNove: I was sort of wondering the same thing. I am up to about $80 a month but am not home during the week, have a smallish place (1ksqft) and don't run a air conditioner.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

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dallasmay2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:50:43 EDT

Oh yeah, and that is 100% Clean, Wind power too! I'm going to go hug my tree outside now.

dallasmay2

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dallasmay2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:49:32 EDT

I have tricked out my home with energy efficient appliances and keep a surge protector on all my electronics. My bill was $25 for april.

It's easy to save lots of money. Just don't be stupid us a surge protector.

dallasmay2

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Discofunk — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:48:13 EDT

Is this in USD?

Discofunk

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GenNove — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:47:21 EDT

35 bucks?
45 bucks?

How in the world?

Well i live in Miami,FL and my bill last month was 165.
I do have 2 desktops,home server running all the time.
PLUS AC you need it downhere in miami without it
your toast.

GenNove

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shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:32:03 EDT

@oo0cyst0oo: Yikes, how did the hosue manage to do that?

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

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vertigo — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:31:33 EDT

...when I say gas I mean gas as in NOT for cars gas but natural gas

vertigo

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vertigo — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:31:08 EDT

The electricity one isn't the part I worry about it's the flippin gas that hurts.

vertigo

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oo0EveryoneElseWasDoingIt0oo — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:29:52 EDT

I actually lived in my last house where i had $600- 900 energy bills. Needless to say, I moved. Now were doin' fine in the $60- 150 range.

oo0EveryoneElseWasDoingIt0oo

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xenti — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:29:37 EDT

$47.

xenti

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discounteggroll — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:26:14 EDT

no idea. It's part of my "rent" (no, I don't live with roomates/parents, I just pay $1020 for my studio/electricity/etc)

Thank god!

discounteggroll

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playaj — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:24:43 EDT

@liquidsoapdispenser:

So you pay nothing. Do you sell some back?

How much were the panels and how big is your home?

playaj

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liquidsoapdispenser — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:39 EDT

I've had solar panels for just over 6 months, and on a year-over-year basis, they are producing more electricity than my household and business are consuming. Helps me feel less guilty about leaving my computers on all the time.

liquidsoapdispenser

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bobdobbs — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:20:36 EDT

@bandit: They're poll trolls.

bobdobbs

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shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:19:32 EDT

@bandit: Apparently, although I suppose technically it's their parents basement.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

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oo0EveryoneElseWasDoingIt0oo — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:18:48 EDT

@bandit: they are living at al gore's house.

oo0EveryoneElseWasDoingIt0oo

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bandit — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:13:58 EDT

Are the 12 people who pay >$1000 per month growing pot in the basement? WTF?

bandit

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pizzlepaps — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:02:54 EDT

giz, you need a 'live in your parents basement' option

pizzlepaps

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Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:02:16 EDT

Nothing but rent :D

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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fuzzycuffs — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:47:41 EDT

Same as it is most months: About $35.

fuzzycuffs

Question of the Day: How Much Was Your Electricity Bill Last Month?

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:42:19 EDT

I'm at work most of the week, saves me a lot on my energy bill.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Question of the Day: How Much Was Your Electricity Bill Last Month?

Cordfucious — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:36:57 EDT

Reliant must die a slow painful embarassing death.

Bring back some semblance of regulation please.

Cordfucious