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The reality of the electric bill

JenJarJenJar
in August 2011 Moms
It's been hotter than normal here, not to mention I'm pregnant!  I try really hard to keep the a/c at a decent temp during the day, but our electric bill came today and showed me just how hot it's been...  The bill went up $100 from last month.  Lovely.
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  • JenJune3JenJune3
    Yeah I'm really not looking forward to getting ours! We usually have about 3 months of good electric bills, this year I think we are going to get just the 1 from last month!
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  • chillyupnorthchillyupnorth member
    Ugh, yeah, normally our "cheap" electric bills come during the summer. Not this month!
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  • JenWhite123JenWhite123 member

    Ours was a little higher than normal, but it's been hot here and I turn the AC down to 75 night (typically we set it on 77 at night).

    Now, I just wish we would get some darn rain... our water bill was $170 last month ($100 more than normal for this time of year)!!  We are in a severe drought and we have to run our irrigation system to keep our sod alive.

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  • JenJarJenJar
    imageJenWhite123:

    Ours was a little higher than normal, but it's been hot here and I turn the AC down to 75 night (typically we set it on 77 at night).

    Now, I just wish we would get some darn rain... our water bill was $170 last month ($100 more than normal for this time of year)!!  We are in a severe drought and we have to run our irrigation system to keep our sod alive.

    Wow!  I would have to change my sheets from sweat every morning.  We set ours to 72 at night, and there are still nights I wake up super hot and have to turn it down a notch or two.  I texted DH to tell him what the bill was and he declared that starting tonight, we're sleeping naked.  :)

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  • bradandkatiebradandkatie
    I live in Seattle and we have had unseasonably cold weather. We finally hit 70 last week...woot. I am missing sunshine and summer, but my fellow August-mommies remind me that hot is not always best! Hope you get some relief from the heat...maybe I can send some of our cool weather for a few days for you!
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  • mooninlvmooninlv
    it's easier on your bill if you just set the a/c at a certain temp and leave it. otherwise it's working overtime everyday to cool the house back down, when you come home at night, every day, over & over. believe me, we live in las vegas so our a/c is on non-stop from may-september at the least
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  • JenWhite123JenWhite123 member

    imagemooninlv:
    it's easier on your bill if you just set the a/c at a certain temp and leave it. otherwise it's working overtime everyday to cool the house back down, when you come home at night, every day, over & over. believe me, we live in las vegas so our a/c is on non-stop from may-september at the least

    We are on a TOU meter.  We pay 16 cents per kilowatt-hour before 9 pm and 6 cents after 9 pm.  So, for us, it is actually much cheaper to wait until 9 pm and turn the thermostat down in the summer.

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