budbeerlady
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- Apr 27, 2005
I would compare with others in your immediate area. I pay $75-100 a month for our 1800sq, and we are never home!!!!!! Its high but I know our rates/fees are high.
Somewhere in your house, according to the builder's website, there is supposed to be an "energy monitor" to tell you "in real time" how much electricity you are using. Have you found that monitor, and does it tell you anything at all?
From the bills you all have you have to be dealing with Toledo Edison. We close our place up on Erie down for the winter and we still get a bill. When we lived in Toledo the bills were huge. Thank you, Davis Bessie for the bills and the wonderful view.
On Jan. 2, new carbon emissions limits will be put forward as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares regulations that would force companies to get permits to release greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
I have been reading these posts with interest. I just opened my Duke Energy Bill yesterday and we jumped from 177.00 to 577.00 in one month. I am wondering how much our electronics and Christmas lights played a part in this bill. Thanks to this thread, I shall be making some calls to the energy company as well as the heating and cooling man.
We have dual fuel on our system. Heat pump is electric and is the normal way the house heats. The emergency or back up is the gas aspect. They both run during the cold times of the year and we are very pleased with the system.
I guess my question to you is, if the heat pump is your emergency, what is your normal heat method?
Sorry I was not clear. It's all electric. We don't have a gas option since I live in a rural area outside of town. The heat pump is our normal heat and supposedly energy efficient, but when it's really, really cold we have an extra electric "emergency heat" That's what eats up the power like no tomorrow! Yikes, we make sure not to turn that on anymore.
was this a read usage from your meter? If not and you are in a townhome community, they may be averaging the usage for everyone else -including those under construction. I would call and ask to have the meter read and get a real idea of your usage for that time frame. Also ask them to come out and do an analysis of your appliances, lighting, & heating/cooling systems-most utilities will do this as a complimentary service to get you to use less energy. Good luck and congrats on the new home!
I would call and ask to have the meter read and get a real idea of your usage for that time frame. Also ask them to come out and do an analysis of your appliances, lighting, & heating/cooling systems-most utilities will do this as a complimentary service to get you to use less energy. Good luck and congrats on the new home!
What do you mean by "ok"? Is the insulation R-30 in the attic? The inspector's report should tell you.Yes, it's brand new construction. I'm the 1st person to live here and I know the attic is insulated. I had my own personal inspector come to make sure everything was ok here.
Here again, talk with the people who did your inspection. That person should give you advice as to how to control the upstairs heat. Closing the vents may not be the proper thing to do, but get advice from qualified heating contractors/your inspector.For the 1st few days I was here, I had to sleep with the windows cracked just to be comfortable. I know I wasted electricity by doing that, but didn't know what else to do at that point.
Ah, yes, heat strips? My husband told me about those bad boys. They also suffered through heat pumps rather than turning them on!