[Goldwingnut]

Our cost is about $25/mo for electric, 10-15/mo for water, 10/mo for acids for chemistry, 10/every other month for salt. My costs are higher than most because I run my pump longer for extra cleaning and use a lot more makeup water and salt because I have 2 golden retrievers that are in the pool with us every day. I loose about 2-3 gal of water every time one of them gets out of the water so about 100 gal/hr when they're playing in the pool plus the salt loss that goes with the water. I clean my pool myself every week and it takes <30 min/wk.

I have gas to heat the spa in the evenings when I want to go in, but the use is minimal because of the sequence I have programmed with the solar that has it warmed up to 100+ every day. The 200 gal gas tank that T&D buried and filled last year is at about 50% for the initial fill so I've not had that cost to deal with yet.

All together my costs are about $50/mo plus about 2 hrs a month of my time.