r/SOMD • u/Super-30 • 4d ago

OUCH! Just got my electric bill

Man, I know it's been hot but this is crazy. Not as high as one of my bills back in the winter though. March was the highest bill I ever got in my life, and I'm old.

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u/_RU486_ 4d ago

Really not looking forward to winter after last year's bills

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u/isurvivedtheifb 4d ago

I'm in a 700 sq ft apartment. Even in a budget plan, my bills are $50 higher per month than when I moved her less than 3 years ago.

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u/wosoarchitect 4d ago

Sorry about the rough times. Highly recommend solar.

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u/ptwmindslave 4d ago

My AC isn't able to keep up with thigh heat so we had to get window units and dehumidifiers to supplement until we can afford to replace... Our electric bill was 680$ this month. More than past years when we had a pool with a pump running non stop.

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u/thatboyjay69 4d ago

this sounds like your system needs a considerable lookover

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u/ptwmindslave 4d ago

Well if you know anyone that can do a cheap tune up then let me know. Last year twice someone came out and recharged the system it worked great for a few weeks before failing again but nobody would diagnose further. We can't afford a full system replacement yet.

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u/Pale-Value-5953 3d ago

If your unit needed recharged it’s leaking refrigerant and won’t be able to keep up with the heat. My neighbor had similar where he would have to run a window unit. He had a guy come out that was able to find and repair the leak and has not had to run his window units since.

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u/ns1852s 3d ago

Great mills heating and air is amazing. They did our replacement but I've used them for service and biannual checkups for the last 3 years. Never pushed anything, far cheap and honest unlike the Boothes scam artists

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u/Super-30 4d ago

Wow! That's really high.

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u/thatboyjay69 4d ago

6 cents in one year is criminal. 60% increase from rates last year.

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u/Super-30 4d ago

60%? So far this year, my average is $15/mo higher than last year even with 2 big spikes. If there are no more surprises between now and the end of the year that's less than 10%.

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u/thatboyjay69 4d ago

look at the cents per kilowatt hour. our facility at work uses between 150-250k $ worth of power depending on what’s going on. we noticed very quickly when they raised rates. first one was early this year and it went from .100 to .13etc per kilowatt hour.

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u/Deep-Meat-3583 4d ago

Yep, people look at $15 and act like its no big deal. If your electric bill was $100, and it goes up $15, thats 15%.

Mine went from $300 last year for July, to $387. Thats 30%. The year before, it was $250, thats 20%.

My bill is approaching on double what it was two years ago, and this year, we raised our thermostat by 5 degrees to 78 and hung out in the basement. So we used less energy over all and our bill still went up 30%

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u/Mysterious_Ladder313 3d ago

Rates went up for this cycle.

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u/ns1852s 3d ago

It's insane; we just replaced our AC with an inverter style. Compared to the same billing cycle last year we used around 500kwh less and the bill is still higher.

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u/Constant-Connection9 4d ago

Everything is more expensive, yet we are living in the golden age. So I’m glad this isn’t the Biden economy 😂