THE Home Gas/Electric Bill Thread (merged)

[frankthetank]

Revi-
Juneau, AK residents have been paying 52 cents/kWh since April 16th. An avalanche took out a bunch of transmission lines or something so they had to switch to diesel! powered generators. OUCH.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060 ... 1675.shtml

[Denny]

Juneau, AK residents have been paying 52 cents/kWh since April 16th.

Wow! I'd be sharpening my pencil and calculating the payback for using candles and a camp stove at 52 cents.

[Byron100]

Okay, just got my Georgia power bill today, so I figured my KWH rate, which works out to 9.2 cents a KWH. My total bill for last month was $54.97...already starting the steep climb to mid-summer highs. Hope to keep the peak power bill this year below $150, though.

[Troyboy1208]

man what a broad range of KWH rates! thank you all for the responses...seems like 10-12 kwh is the average...that is a guess however.

[Troyboy1208]

Well our kwh rate just went up...effective August first we are looking at a 16 percent increase in prices:

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[k_semler]

I pay $108/mo for a 1bdrm/1ba apartment with baseboard heat. How much do you pay?

[Roy]

89.90 for 790KWH in May.

3Br/1ba 1500 sq ft.

[pictishbroch]

Sorry I´m new to the board and apologize in advance if this is old ground.
I´m in a semidetached(140 square mts) modern well insulated house in Germany.My projected costs for Gas and Electricity bills for 2009 will be approx €1900 per year.
We currently pay €140 per month for Gas and electricity.EWE our supplier has recently announced an increase of 17%on Gas
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Energy chief warns of bigger bills
27 minutes ago
The boss of Britain's biggest power supplier has warned that UK households face more hikes in gas and electricity bills.
Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica, told a committee of MPs that soaring wholesale energy costs mean it is "clear" prices will have to go up.
There is growing speculation that bills could rise by as much as 40% later this year - on top of an average 15% rise imposed by the UK's major energy firms at the start of this year.
Mr Laidlaw was speaking to members of the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which is questioning the companies' bosses as part of an inquiry into energy prices.
He said: "It's clear that at some point these prices will have to rise. The issue we face in the UK is that, as our gas production falls, we are no longer isolated from international markets and have to buy increasingly large volumes of gas from different parts of the world.
"Global gas prices are being driven ever higher by record oil prices and by rising demand from regions such as Asia.

[lawnchair]

I live in a standalone bungalow, Kansas (central US). Not modern or modernized. Slightly over 100 square metres. Last year's bills added together were $922 for gas + $451 for electric, so €883. However, I have a small house and am quite thrifty. Your bill sounds very much in line with the US average.

[Jotapay]

I assume you mean all energy consumed. Medium-sized stand-alone house in the southern United States, built in 1954, shaded by oak trees year round. Toyota compact car and Yamaha scooter.

Per month:
Electricity: $75/month, $900/year
Natural gas: $45/month, $540/year
Propane (grill): $7/month, $84/year
Gasoline: $160/month, $1920/year (will be decreasing as I use my scooter more often)

Just for the house, that amounts to about $1524/year, give or take a little. Add $1920 for gasoline.

[pictishbroch]

I assume you mean all energy consumed. Medium-sized stand-alone house in the southern United States, built in 1954, shaded by oak trees year round. Toyota compact car and Yamaha scooter.

Per month:
Electricity: $75/month, $900/year
Natural gas: $45/month, $540/year
Propane (grill): $7/month, $84/year
Gasoline: $160/month, $1920/year (will be decreasing as I use my scooter more often)

Just for the house, that's amounts to about $1524/year, give or take a little. Add $1920 for gasoline.

Thanks for those replys.
My figure of €1900($2,959) is for Gas and Electricity alone..The car I use only when necessary.Barring long journeys we fill the car up approx twice per month ie €200($310)we luckily have a train station in our small village.

[Jotapay]

I really wish we had more streetcars or trains here. I would be able to read while commuting.

[Ludi]

Total (all electric) about $75.00 per month.

[misterno]

I live in a big apartment complex and pay $590 rent for 1 bedroom that includes electricity, gas and water. So I can turn the AC as long as I want and my rent wil still be $590. It is like 750 sqft or 75 m2 and has washer dryer in it.

I am in Houston ....

Gotta love Houston. ^_^

[Denny]

Similar thread at link, going back to 2006.

I have a 210 sq. metre home and my electric bill (supplier is Enersource) averages $114 (Canadian) per month and the natural gas (supplier is Enbridge) bill is similar, $118. That is with all the various supplemental charges added in.

Of course the actual usage fluctuates so much. Power goes up in summer a lot with air conditoning, last Sept. bill worked out to $136 per month, whereas the bill for May worked out to $70 per month.

Gas is just the reverse of course, up to $194 per month in winter and down to just $32 in summer.

For sure, my gas bill is going up by about 28%, just read in the news, Enbridge just obtained a massive rate increase authorization.

I suspect that when the government enacts carbon taxes, they both will shoot up more.

[JoeW]

just guesstimates...the prices are volatile, so it's always changing.

gasoline (two cars, two drivers): $3500/yr
fuel oil (heat): $3200/yr
electricity: $700/yr

if you put that in monthly terms, it's close to $600/mo on energy.

[Ludi]

Power goes up in summer a lot with air conditoning, last Sept. bill worked out to $136 per month,

AC? In Canada?

[cephalotus]

now:

~60m² flat:
~1700kWh/a electricity (1000kWh for my plants, 700kWh for the rest) = 440€/a
~ 600€/a for heating and hot water

= >1000€ for one person

future:

~ 55m² flat with my girl friend in an old building
~ 3000kwh/a electricity and warm water (just a guess) = 700€/a
~ 200€/a for heating (wood + coal)
~ 100€/a for natural gas (cooking)

=~1000€ for two persons, maybe even less.

[Specop_007]

Bought 4 to 500 a month I figure for all utilities. We also have 6 in our house so that adds up to lots of showers, lots of cooking and lots of lights.

[cephalotus]

Our rates are around 14 cents per KWH. On a small island where we live in the summer they are around 28 cents per KWH making them the most expensive I know of anywhere. It makes solar attractive, though.

Top that!

I pay 440€ for ~1700kWh per year, which makes 25,8 Euro-cent/kWh.

That's a typical price here. The price per kWh would be even higher, if I would use less energy (1000kWh out of those 1700kWh is from my hobby).

I think it is quite inteesting, that I need as much electricity per year as many people here need per month. 8O