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I live in a much hotter and much more humid area than the author does, and my bills are not even remotely close to these. I do run my AC through the summer, pro

I live in a much hotter and much more humid area than the author does, and my bills are not even remotely close to these. I do run my AC through the summer, probably more than most

maerF0x0 4y ago
how much is your bill and what's the breakdown of electricity costs (how many kwhrs) vs mandatory grid fees? (regulatory and connection fees)
- prettychill 4y ago
  Hottest month for me was aug, I paid around 161 ~$135 1190kWh (charged at ~$0.114 / kWh) ~$10.50 tax ~15.50 other fees/riders which can not be recouped with panels OP is somehow paying ~25c/kWh, though I have to believe they are counting the connections fees etc in their estimate, based on natl averages they would be an outlier for most states. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/
  - prottog 4y ago
    That's wild. I live in an extremely hot and humid part of the country, in the Gulf Coast; probably the area with the highest AC demand in the summer. I routinely exceed $300 a month in the hotter months. Do you have a particularly small or recently-built, well-insulated house?
    - prettychill 4y ago
      1 story, ~1400sqft, built in 1920s reno in 2017..maybe its just insulated really well
  - aidenn0 4y ago
    Yes, that price is insane! I don't have A/C, do have net metering and do have solar panels, so I intentionally picked the plan with the highest costs during the day in the summers and I pay 24c/kWh only in peak hours during the summer. Author may be a high energy user and on a tiered monthly-usage plan rather than a TOU plan; if that is the case than the solar panels may be saving energy billed at the highest marginal rate which might be 25c/kWh. My previous house had in-ceiling electrical resistive heating only and I accidentally got a 4-figure electric bill the first January I lived there because one thermostat was broken. IIRC everything after the first NkWh (where N was a crazy high number) was billed at around 25c.
    - secabeen 4y ago
      California rates (not sure the OP is in California, but still) are just high. Lowest Off-Peak rate is $0.22/kWh in my area, and On-Peak (4-9pm) can be as high as $0.62/kWh.
      - aidenn0 4y ago
        I'm on SCE and that seems high to me.

I live in a much hotter and much more humid area than the author does, and my bills are not even remotely close to these. I do run my AC through the summer, probably more than most

maerF0x0 4y ago

how much is your bill and what's the breakdown of electricity costs (how many kwhrs) vs mandatory grid fees? (regulatory and connection fees)

prettychill 4y ago
Hottest month for me was aug, I paid around 161 ~$135 1190kWh (charged at ~$0.114 / kWh) ~$10.50 tax ~15.50 other fees/riders which can not be recouped with panels OP is somehow paying ~25c/kWh, though I have to believe they are counting the connections fees etc in their estimate, based on natl averages they would be an outlier for most states. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/
- prottog 4y ago
  That's wild. I live in an extremely hot and humid part of the country, in the Gulf Coast; probably the area with the highest AC demand in the summer. I routinely exceed $300 a month in the hotter months. Do you have a particularly small or recently-built, well-insulated house?
  - prettychill 4y ago
    1 story, ~1400sqft, built in 1920s reno in 2017..maybe its just insulated really well
- aidenn0 4y ago
  Yes, that price is insane! I don't have A/C, do have net metering and do have solar panels, so I intentionally picked the plan with the highest costs during the day in the summers and I pay 24c/kWh only in peak hours during the summer. Author may be a high energy user and on a tiered monthly-usage plan rather than a TOU plan; if that is the case than the solar panels may be saving energy billed at the highest marginal rate which might be 25c/kWh. My previous house had in-ceiling electrical resistive heating only and I accidentally got a 4-figure electric bill the first January I lived there because one thermostat was broken. IIRC everything after the first NkWh (where N was a crazy high number) was billed at around 25c.
  - secabeen 4y ago
    California rates (not sure the OP is in California, but still) are just high. Lowest Off-Peak rate is $0.22/kWh in my area, and On-Peak (4-9pm) can be as high as $0.62/kWh.
    - aidenn0 4y ago
      I'm on SCE and that seems high to me.