$101.00 in Florida, for the hottest month on record, is a steal.

Be grateful you aren't serviced by Duke Energy. With the ridiculous added fuel charges and other fees and taxes, you will be paying about 16 cents a kWh. More if usage goes above 1000 kWh.

First, read and understand your bill. You are paying over a dollar a day to have the privilege of getting a bill. Every kWH used is taxed also.

Second, understand ghost load. Your doorbell, garage door openers, thermostat/HVAC, dishwasher, microwave, every GFCI device, irrigation system, tankless water heater (even if the water is off the electric is on) all have ghost loads and you most certainly left them "plugged" in. You pay for a driveway light every night.

As to the incremental cost of operating AC that's been covered already.

Your bill is around the same (low $100s) as me during summer as when I lived in Vegas... both under 1200 sq feet. It drops down to around $60 on all other months. For both my homes it's been beneficial to leave AC running day & night at around 76-77 degrees. I only set it to 80 degrees when on a trip over a week.

The biggest energy users are anything that makes things hot or cold. That extra fridge and/or freezer in the garage is costly.TV and other gadgets only use a small %. That "turn the light off when not in the room" quote is more of a save your lightbulb life than a noticeable AC bill.

My gas started out between $30-40 for the first year. But doing bulk cooking rather than every day dropped it this month to $19.

When we’re away we set the air to 85. Bill is about $75

So, according to my math (496,120,000 watts /1000 watts per KwH ) = 496,,120 KwH per month ? I don't think that is right.

How much from the gas saving is left after using electric to reheat meals a month, or do you eat it cold?

Thank you, I will adjust the thermostat and try 82.
[BTW, if I were living there, I'm sure it would be less. I like it hot. The A/C would not be on nearly as much.]

To reiterate for those who like to read between the lines, I'm not complaining about the SECO bill, just trying to understand what the norm is in Florida, as I'm moving from a completely different environment. My gratitude for all comments.

Toymeister,

With great respect for your abilities, I have had difficulties matching your calculations using your data. The problem seems to be what is the AC power consumption instantaneous versus average over the month.

"exactly 496,120,000 watts or 496.1 kWH" I assume you meant watt-hours for the month. If so, I can match your monthly power cost. Otherwise I get a number about double suggesting that somewhere the average daily runtime and the absolute 24 hrs per day times 30 days per month somewhere got missed or I misunderstood.

Trying to calculate the kwh starting with the AC power draw:
Assuming AC power draw is 2927 watts or 2.927 kw when operating, and assuming 11 hrs per day times 30 days per month I get 981 kwh/mo.
At $0.112 per kwh, the monthly cost would be about $110.

Going back to: 496.1 kwh consumed times $.112 per kwh = $ 55.6

I agree with your comments and analyses. I agree that the OP cost is reasonable for all of the points you mentioned, other fees, ghost loads etc. The student in me could not make the quick numbers match.

Electricity doesn't cost a thing..just ask all the folks with Electric carts that plug in at town squares or other places that are not their own and think they are not stealing fuel

Electricity (Tesla Info)
 

Seco has a great program for Tesla owners. Monthly discount when charging during off peak hours, updated electric meter to allow ability to monitor usage in 15 min increments. I’m seeing significant savings.
Check Seco website for all the specifics.

Just how many are "all the folks?" I've read on ToTV that it happens but I've never seen it. And no, I haven't been looking, but I think I would have noticed the extension cords as I stepped over them.

Rough observations but my cart costs about $0.01/mile to charge and adds about seven miles for every hour of charging. That would work out to be about $0.10/hour of charging at residential rates. If someone was plugged in for the entire time music was playing at the square it would come to a little less than $0.50. Stealing is stealing but it would cost far more in labor to patrol the area than would be stolen by a single cart.

There might be a business opportunity there. Construct a "power tree" with a dozen network controlled outlets and charge users $1/hour to plug in.

NOTE: Thank you JMintzer for noticing the post I replied to had been changed.

Your quoted poster corrected his post...

Since it was your first bill, are you sure it was only for 30 days? First bills can be higher or lower than normal, based on billing cycle dates...