Electric Bill Almost Doubled in a few months

A lot of electricity comes from burning natural gas now. A lot of gas is being shipped to Europe as part of the Ukraine/Russia mess, and the gas industry was forced to do major upgrades to the primitive natural gas infrastructure in Texas after it all fell over there a couple of Winters ago.

 
The supply charge is what NYSEG pays for electricity from the grid. Check the rate in June to confirm the change in rates.

And you'll feel better knowing your bill only went up by 50%, not double.
 
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Although my house has solar panels, in the winter time, I pay a much higher price because of the snow and short days. @debodun, you don't use much kWh. I am curious why that is the case. My house is three stories and uses a little over 1000 kWh per month. Any tips?
 
When we lived in the house everything was electric so the bill varied from 200-500/month depending on if we used all the rooms, put the heating on 55 in the rooms we weren’t using, etc. In January 2012 our first bill was 500 and that’s when I knew I couldn’t keep the entire house at 68 all the time. It’s one of many reasons I didn’t stay in the house when I got divorced.

Now my condo is half the size and my heat and AC are on a central boiler system. My electric bill is between 40-50/month which includes lights, my appliances and the blower that distributes the heat and ac. I am careful about not having lights on when I’m not in a room. It’s nice not having to worry about how warm or cold I keep things.
 
Teacher Terry said:
When we lived in the house everything was electric so the bill varied from 200-500/month depending on if we used all the rooms, put the heating on 55 in the rooms we weren’t using, etc. In January 2012 our first bill was 500 and that’s when I knew I couldn’t keep the entire house at 68 all the time. It’s one of many reasons I didn’t stay in the house when I got divorced.

Now my condo is half the size and my heat and AC are on a central boiler system. My electric bill is between 40-50/month which includes lights, my appliances and the blower that distributes the heat and ac. I am careful about not having lights on when I’m not in a room. It’s nice not having to worry about how warm or cold I keep things.
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Sounds good, although I don't know where you're located!
 
Devi said:
Sounds good, although I don't know where you're located!
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I live in Nevada. I’m watching the news and it says that Nevada and California have the highest groceries in the country. It said a family of four is spending 1200/month. It also said in the 1970’s people spent a third of their income on food. In the states electric heat is the most expensive.
 
My upcoming electric bill looks like it will be double the previous bill (and triple what I was paying a couple months ago). But the weather has been really cold lately, once the air from the vents felt actually warm and I went to the thermostat and it had decided it needed to add extra heat (some little red light had lit up, back in Nebraska the thermostat would call it emergency heat). Felt good, but was probably expensive.
 
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@debodun, you don't use much kWh. I am curious why that is the case. Any tips?
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I don't know what to tell you. I'd probably use even less if I didn't fall asleep with the TV on or have my desktop computer on for 10 hours a day or have a pole light on all night. I use a microwave a lot to make tea and heat leftovers and the stove is electric, but I use the oven about once a week and the stovetop ever other day. The only thing I have no control over is the refrigerator. I have an oil/hot water heating system.
 
Around here they only read the meter every other month. The month they don't read it you pay an average usage estimate. Then the next month when they due an actual meter reading any shortfall or overage is corrected.
 
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I read my own meter most of the time, indicated by a C bar on the usage graph. An A bar means an actual reading by the company agent which they do in April, August and December.
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I noticed that, too, that you read your own meter a lot. Why is that? From what I can see, your bill averages out from your readings and then the actual reading. My average electric bill is around $80-$100/month. The summer is more because I have central air.
 
Mine too, but I am on NYSEG's budget plan, like my oil and propane company has, as well. These Utility bills do go up almost every year, but with having auto -pay for them, I always know the budget amount for each month, to take from my checking account. I have central air and a hot tub, so summer electric use is high, but figured in to the electric budget amount.

Every August I get a no- bill due notice from my oil heater company, because they had made sure the budget amount was high enough for the pre -August year. I even had a credit of over $2,000 with my propane dealer , many years ago when their estimated budget amount was much higher than it needed to be.

It seems to me that wives handle most family finances. I know a few senior men who do not have a single clue on what the family bills are all about. Then again I know a few wives who do not know how to change a fuse, or how to put air in a tire.
 

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