How Much Was Your Electric Bill?

I'm another person that has an all-electric house. We have a little over 3,000 sq ft. on our upper and lower levels. I'm on the level payment plan and we're at $190 / mo. Mine goes way up in the winter and drops down a lot in the summer. Just the opposite of most people. I would not hesitate to buy another electric house. Some people are of afraid of them but this is our 2nd one. I don't find they cost more to manage than gas homes. We do have a couple of fireplaces that are run on propane and have a big tank outside.

We live on an acreage and our water and trash bills are separate and an addition to the electric bill. We also have to pay someone to plow our neighborhood in the winter. We have a septic tank, so no sewer fees.
 

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treeguy64 said:
In reading over these bill postings, I must ask: Do your bills include water, waste water, trash pick up, and road usage/maintenance? My electric bill, at $223, is all of those, rolled into one. I especially was amazed that a five bedroom house, with a pool, in my neighboring town of Houston, could possibly have such a low bill. Before we drained and covered our 42x24 inground pool, our monthly bill, in the summer, made it to $340, and that was twenty years ago!
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Mine was electric alone at 80. My gas was 30. Water and sewage is included in my rent which is 645.00 per month not including parking garage which is 40. per mo.
 
treeguy64 said:
In reading over these bill postings, I must ask: Do your bills include water, waste water, trash pick up, and road usage/maintenance? My electric bill, at $223, is all of those, rolled into one. I especially was amazed that a five bedroom house, with a pool, in my neighboring town of Houston, could possibly have such a low bill. Before we drained and covered our 42x24 inground pool, our monthly bill, in the summer, made it to $340, and that was twenty years ago!
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I forgot to add trash disposal is included in my rent of 645. For a 1 bdrm. And one bath apt.
 
treeguy64 said:
In reading over these bill postings, I must ask: Do your bills include water, waste water, trash pick up, and road usage/maintenance? My electric bill, at $223, is all of those, rolled into one. I especially was amazed that a five bedroom house, with a pool, in my neighboring town of Houston, could possibly have such a low bill. Before we drained and covered our 42x24 inground pool, our monthly bill, in the summer, made it to $340, and that was twenty years ago!
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No; that is electric only. We pay $68 every 3 months for trash pickup and about $65 a month for water/sewer.

Incidentally, the $260 a month is "balanced billing." We pay the same amount every month all year long, so the actual summer billing is higher. Natural gas bill is about $30/month in summer but close to $100 in winter months for gas furnace.
 
C'est Moi said:
No; that is electric only. We pay $68 every 3 months for trash pickup and about $65 a month for water/sewer.

Incidentally, the $260 a month is "balanced billing." We pay the same amount every month all year long, so the actual summer billing is higher. Natural gas bill is about $30/month in summer but close to $100 in winter months for gas furnace.
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Is balanced billing similar to what they have here called Budget Billing- pay the same amount for 6 months, then they assess energy usage to see if it needs to increase or decrease?
 
JaniceM said:
Is balanced billing similar to what they have here called Budget Billing- pay the same amount for 6 months, then they assess energy usage to see if it needs to increase or decrease?
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Yes; it sounds similar. They calculate the average of 12 months usage for the "balanced" bill. Then at the end of 12 months, it is recalculated so it goes up/down depending on our annual usage.
 
hollydolly said:
I may be moving to the USA sometime soon.. your fuel bills are sooooo low... :D

@Mike , who is your new provider?..we used to have both Gas & elec with British Gas..but they got ridiculous and we changed to a lower rate.. however, not as low as yours... :oops:
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Hi Hollydolly I too was with British Gas, the new one is called
Shell Energy, they came in at half the BG tariff.

I went through moneysupermarket.com, if you go direct the
tariff is higher, I tried both and stayed with the comparison one.

Mike.
 
I have a two bedroom. Last month my electric bill was $103.00; Gas was
$28, the water, sewer, trash, bond payback, etc was 64 bucks. My
landline telephone is $42.00. I expect my next electric bill will be $125.00.
 
C'est Moi said:
No; that is electric only. We pay $68 every 3 months for trash pickup and about $65 a month for water/sewer.

Incidentally, the $260 a month is "balanced billing." We pay the same amount every month all year long, so the actual summer billing is higher. Natural gas bill is about $30/month in summer but close to $100 in winter months for gas furnace.
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Ah-ha! Now, this makes sense, to me.

So, you pay $260+about $23+$65=about $350/mo., in Houston. I paid about the same, in Austin when we had the pool going, although it was a good while ago. Now, I pay $223/mo., balanced billing.
 
C'est Moi said:
Yeah. Since the thread title is "how much is your electric bill," that was my answer. :D
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Yeah, I just think of my bill, with all of its added charges, as my "electric bill," as do most folks I know, in Austin. I suppose i should have dug the latest one out and gone through the itemized breakdown, to specifically zone in on the electricity part of it. Didn't happen.
 
treeguy64 said:
Yeah, I just think of my bill, with all of its added charges, as my "electric bill," as do most folks I know, in Austin. I suppose i should have dug the latest one out and gone through the itemized breakdown, to specifically zone in on the electricity part of it. Didn't happen.
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I've never lived anywhere and had a "combo" bill like yours. Our garbage pickup is a commercial company (Waste Management), our water/sewer is provided through the local water control district, natural gas provider is Reliant Energy, etc. Each bill is separate since they are separate entities. We are outside the city limits, so no city services.
 
I haven't opened mine yet...relying on my fantasy to come through first.;)
 

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