[augustnotes]

I paid $280 last month and I set A/C at 77 or 76 most of the time.

[elle123]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

In the dead of summer, the electric bill increases considerably even if the A/C is kept at 78 degrees. Nonetheless, over the last two years the electric bills has been incrementally getting higher each month.

[CosmicTrucker]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Most new homes have a programmable thermostat. You may think it’s set for 80 ( during the day ) but it could be programmed to drop the internal temperature to 70 without your knowledge. This is just an example, not knowing if you can monitor your thermostat remotely or not. I would also check ALL windows to make sure someone hasn’t left one cracked open.

[seecapecod]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Mine was $92 and $97 for the last 2 months. Designer home set at 78 degrees

[bowlingal]

seco has raised their rates and discontinued the 10% discount

[MrLonzo]

Originally Posted by CosmicTrucker

Most new homes have a programmable thermostat. You may think it’s set for 80 ( during the day ) but it could be programmed to drop the internal temperature to 70 without your knowledge. This is just an example, not knowing if you can monitor your thermostat remotely or not. I would also check ALL windows to make sure someone hasn’t left one cracked open.

I haven't moved in yet and don't have internet yet, so no remote monitoring. I asked the realtor to set it at 80 -- I won't know for sure how the thermostat works until I get moved in.

[phylt]

Anyone know if SECO has Peak or Lower elec cost structure. We may be getting an EV and would like to know for charging. TIA

[MrLonzo]

Originally Posted by Babubhat

Seco site has a calculator for each appliance. Input your data

By 'data' do you mean the BTU of the A/C, and... what else? Is there an explanation of how to collect 'your data'?

[JRcorvette]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Mine was $129 AC set to 82 and running a refrigerator and Freezer with the WH turned off. The house is 2300 sf and the AC is 8 yrs old.

[MrLonzo]

I'm mainly just trying to understand how much electricity the A/C uses when set for minimal use (set at steady 80F). I'm moving from S. California where kwh prices are 4X as high ($0.46/kwh) as Florida, yet my bill has never been over $100. My Calif. house has no A/C, so this A/C use is all new to me.

As mentioned, no other electricity is being used in the house right now. Not even ghost appliances. Everything -- tv's, coffee maker, power recliners, etc., have been unplugged. Hot water heater is tankless, but water is off. I haven't seen any other replies on this thread to compare other apples with my apples. It's CV, 1900 sq ft.

[waterflower]

Research Nikola Tesla's wireless ether/elrctrical towers. His inventions where supose to be free for humanity. GE, JP Morgan and the likes blocked all knowledge for their greedy profit. Ether/electricy is in the air every where. Nikola Tesla invented a wireless electric car in the early 1900's while living in NYC and never plugged in his car. It was charged fron his Long Island wireless tower.

[MrLonzo]

Originally Posted by seecapecod

Mine was $92 and $97 for the last 2 months. Designer home set at 78 degrees

Are you living in house? Was this just A/C? Or other electric use also included?

[Djean1981]

Electricity is high everywhere... lol

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Your bill is very reasonable. You could have set the thermostat at 82. 2000 sq. ft. house in the summer set at 79 would be in the $160 range if you were living there.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

I'm mainly just trying to understand how much electricity the A/C uses when set for minimal use (set at steady 80F). I'm moving from S. California where kwh prices are 4X as high ($0.46/kwh) as Florida, yet my bill has never been over $100. My Calif. house has no A/C, so this A/C use is all new to me.

As mentioned, no other electricity is being used in the house right now. Not even ghost appliances. Everything -- tv's, coffee maker, power recliners, etc., have been unplugged. Hot water heater is tankless, but water is off. I haven't seen any other replies on this thread to compare other apples with my apples. It's CV, 1900 sq ft.

I really think that your electric bill is correct, especially for a 1900 SF house. But, if you want to reduce it, most thermostats have an optional humidity setting that will overcool your house by a few degrees only when the humidity is too high. So, if you set the humidity option to 60 percent, and set the thermostat to 83 degrees, the air conditioner will not run as often. For some people, this humidity setting is not comfortable because the house gets too cold when the humidity is high, but, for an unoccupied house, it will reduce the electric bill. Raising the thermostat from 80 to 83 will make a big difference in electricity use.