Our Electric Bill Is Out Of Sight
By Susan
@HazySue (39265)
Gouverneur, New York
July 20, 2016 2:54pm CST
I just received an email of my electric bill. It is out of sight high. I couldn't believe what they said we owed for our electricity.
They said we used over $200.00 for the month of July. Now, come one, there must be something wrong.
At first I thought they were maybe estimating our usage. I checked they weren't. They told me what the meter read at the beginning and the end of the month.
Then they also told me that the usage per kilowatt had gone up - just a little, they said.
Yes, we owe over #200.00. Terrific. We pay our last mortgage payment this morning and this afternoon we get an electric bill that looks like it's trying to get us back in debt. Go figure.
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14 responses
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jul 16
That's the one thing I won't miss when I move is the high utility bill. My budget is $200 a month. When I move it will be half to less than half what I'm paying now. It will be a real blessing. Congratulations on making that last mortgage payment. Are you burning the mortgage? My parents had a mortgage burning when they made the final payment. That was years ago. They're gone now and someone else owns the house.
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@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
20 Jul 16
I'm expecting a big electric bill this month too. My a/c has been running nonstop this month
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@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
21 Jul 16
@HazySue since I hate the heat I guess it's the price to pay for a bigger bill
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 I am not a heat lover either. Give me the winter weather every time.
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
21 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 I guess that's the price you pay for trying to stay cool.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
24 Jul 16
That's tough to take. It also seems to be high for July. Last September I sighed up for a solar panel project that the power company started. Right now I have credit of almost $200. The electricity the solar panels generated was enough to pay for my last two month's worth of electricity.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
25 Jul 16
@RichardMeister it sounds like a good deal to me.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
25 Jul 16
@HazySue It did, too, for me. I was surprised when there wasn't enough takers. They didn't get all the panels taken until about 6 months after they started operating. the people who got in late was credited for any electricity their panels generated before they got them.
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@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
21 Jul 16
We got you beat big time. Our's is $389.00. Considering our air conditioner was out for a bit of the time I thought the bill would be lower. I think it was working hard and accomplishing nothing, but then the lines froze so it wasn't actually running. I don't know why it's so high. I set our house temp at 75 so that it's not too cool... and expensive. My daughter's boyfriend, who fixed the A/C, said our bill would go down. Maybe he means next month but this bill is pretty darn high.
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@kellyr634 (416)
• United States
22 Jul 16
What does your bill normally run you?
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 Jul 16
@kellyr634 it is. I suspect that the grandchildren running in and out had something to do with it.
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Jul 16
@kellyr634 Between $100 - 130. I don't remember it ever running as high as $200.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
21 Jul 16
We know ours will be high during the summer-our only option is to not use it! That is not going to happen.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Jul 16
@PatZAnthony I couldn't live without the air conditioner.
