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We have a 2/2 cyv with single pane windows and thermostat set at 74 degrees that we rent. The electric bill has never been more than $119. When it is empty, we turn off the water heater at the circuit breaker. We also save plastic milk cartons, fill them with water and put some in the fridge and some in the freezer. An empty fridge is not cheap to run. Every little bit helps.

We have a 2BR masonry CYV, Durham model 1157 sf built in 2011. Our SECO bills were runing about $95 to $115 and then we did two things. We got rid of our 2007 Panasonic 50" plasma TV and replaced it with a 2012 Vizio 60" LED TV. Second, we crack open the attic steps in the garage ceiling about a foot and whenever we are home we leave the garage door up. We have a screen covering the garage door opening. Since those two changes our SECO bill has been in the $80's and $90.36 was our highest this past year and that was from August.

Our electric bill in Ohio

We average $110 a month over a year's period for our electric, which includes heating (we don't have natural gas at all) during the &^%$ nasty Ohio winters (the last one was the worst average temperature in 30 years).

The rotten Ohio winter is why we're renting in The Villages off Silver Lake Golf Club for three months (January through March, the bone-chilling months in Northeast Ohio).

We can't wait to warm our bodies in the winter in The Villages.

Hey -
By my figures a modern , well insulated home should run approximately $1 per square foot per year, so a 1500 Sq Ft Home should use $1500 a year, give or take. Divide that by 12 months on the averaging plan would be about $125-130 a month . If not averaging, then you could be $180 in the june-sept and $35 in Feb-may. If you have an older home with single glazed windows or a 20-year-old heat pump, either one will add $250-300 a year (each) to the electric bill. If your home has been empty, but you're on the averaging plan, you may just be getting the usual "average" bill , whether you used any HVAC or not. Another oddity: My last months bill was way low, considering that August was about the same temps as July I checked the meter and determined that it had been read incorrectly (The dial type meter can be confusing) so I was under charged (we paid extra just in case) which proved to be correct when the next bill came. Maybe your meter was simply read incorrectly, but it should correct at the next reading with a slightly lower bill, if that is the case
Phil