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$48 for a month, $0.1248/kwh. Use natural gas for heating.
 
Help!

1.1kw for $480! :eeek:

My toaster oven uses 1.1kw per hour.

Dale - I can't figure out why your bill is so high for a two bedroom non-airconditioned apartment. Unless you're leaving that powder coating oven on 24/7 :smile:

What was the actual kilowatt hour (kwh) figure on your electric bill? How many kilowatt hours did you actually use last month? I have a hard time believing that you only used 1.1kw and the "rest were fees". Yikes!

Here in eastern Connecticut we pay 18¢ per kwh; generation and delivery charges are combined. What are they burning in PR to generate electricity? Chanel #5?

Tom
 
I don't know what it is right now but I know that 1 mth last winter was $700 and I am on oil heat and that was another $300. And that is in a 1300 sq ft home.
 
Well if the Island relies on older oil burning generating plants, $0.30/kWh is probably about right. At $130/BBl, this gives $22/MMBtu for the fuel cost, and at a heat rate of 10,000Btu/kWh, gives $0.22/kWh at the generator bus. Add $0.04 for plant O&M, and capital recovery, another $0.04 for transmission and distribution - and you are there.

In South-East Massachusetts we are paying around $0.20/kWh.

Rob.
 
NutmegCT said:
Help!

1.1kw for $480! :eeek:

My toaster oven uses 1.1kw per hour.

Dale - I can't figure out why your bill is so high for a two bedroom non-airconditioned apartment. Unless you're leaving that powder coating oven on 24/7 :smile:

What was the actual kilowatt hour (kwh) figure on your electric bill? How many kilowatt hours did you actually use last month? I have a hard time believing that you only used 1.1kw and the "rest were fees". Yikes!

Here in eastern Connecticut we pay 18¢ per kwh; generation and delivery charges are combined. What are they burning in PR to generate electricity? Chanel #5?

Tom
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Somehow, both Dale and I got the decimal points messed up. NOT 1.1 kwh for the month, but 1100 kwh for the month.

Sorry about that. But even at that, it still comes to the rate I stated at about 44 cents a KWH. Insane.
 
Ouch Art, even worse then I thought.

We live in a modest 2800 SF, 4 bedroom, 2 story home.
Here on the island everything in one's home is electric.
Hot water heater, dryer, oven, stove, etc. 220V service
spins the electric meter quickly.

We have the 220V pool filter cut back to 3 hours per day
and we recently replaced our split unit A/C in the master
bedroon with a Daiken high tech model. It runs only when we sleep.

We used 1.1 units this june and 1.4 units last June 2007.
We have never paid over $400 before. Not too many years
back we paid $85/month during the summer.

Also PR has a sliding KW cost scale. Some neighborhoods
have higher or lower rates than others. We live in a higher rate 'hood.

d
 
Dale, if it's any consolation, you don't have the oil heating bills that we have here in the northeast. The last time I bought oil, it was over $4.50/gal. I also use oil for domestic hot water (seperate heater). At this point in time, electricity for hot water would probably be cheaper. As a matter of fact, this last winter I installed an electric heater for the garage to work on the TR3 resto. I was using a kerosene heater, but a few calculations revealed that the cost of fuel was more then just running the electric. Besides, the electric was more convenient, didn't get in the way, and didn't smell.
 
Can`t state what mine is per KWH but for the month of July I ran my central air everyday and most nights non stop for the entire month. My last statement was $180.00 so I suppose I will NOT complain. Although it is substantialy higher than it was last year at this same time. I will look at the KWH rate on the statement after camping.

Oh B.T.W. we have a real modest 30+ year old 1,600 sq ft {800 upstairs and 800 downstaris} split level home.
Not too big!
see ya all in 14 days.
 
I live in a mobilehome that was built to go up north, so it has more than normal insulation for central alabama. The A/C is on 65-70 degrees F (and frequently adjusted within that range - in the winter it's on 70-75 with the all electric heater), 2 computers are on nearly 24/7, two tv's on during waking hours, tons of the little black box plug transformers plugged in, we do however use the little coiled flourescent 20w bulbs. And my power bill is never over $130 any time of the year. We live within rock throwing distance to a hydroelectric plant, and a 30 minute drive to 2 others though.
 
Just got my latest bill. $.48 per KH
 
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