We keep ours at 79. Visitors coming into 73 degree A/C would be thinking "why didn't I bring a coat?". Brrrrrrrrr. Not friendly.

Another thing not mentioned is the humidity setting

73 at a higher humidity may feel warmer than 78 at a lower humidity level.

Check to see what your humidity % is set it, that can have a significant cost factor.

The national average is 30-60%, most find that 50% is comfortable the lower the setting the higher the cost for the AC to pull the humidity out.

We keep ours at 79 too. Feels cool and very comfortable and the house keeps the cool. It is well insulated.

We have a Lantana and pay on average $220. We have a thermostat with a humidity control. The thermostat is then activated by either the temperature setting or humidity or both. We keep our temp at 78 and humidity 50% We have two refrig, After viewing what some are pay for electric we probably need to be more conscious of turning lights off as we leave a room and the TV also.

I am now on a conservation kick

We keep our cyv (cement) at 78 and last bill was $161. We thought that was about average.

We have a Wisteria with a pool and pond motors, just under $100, temp at 78 humidity at 50%

Rubicon: Lights and TV don't matter that much. It's the fridges that eat up electricity

Thermostat set at 73 degrees! Thyroid problem?

jblum: Thank you...Need to take a closer look at that issue

73 is very cool. We keep ours on 77 during the day and 76 at night.
We don't live in our house yet (keep a/c on 81 when not there) and
our bill runs around $100 for a designer (2,600 sq.ft.).
(the most we are up in T.V. so far is maybe 10 days/month).

Don't forget the electric dryer!

In New York, our electric bills ran $400.00 june, july and august. $300 for May and September. The rest of the year we paid about $100 for electric and $75.00 for gas. Here we keep our thermostat on 76 during the day and 71 at night because of my night sweats. Our bill ranges from $130 - $150. We have a cottage. We are thrilled!!!! Depends on what you are used to. Oh yes, my friends freeze in my house!!!!

We have a designer and keep the therm set to 80 degrees. At night we run the ceiling fan on low and sleep with a sheet over us. I budgeted $150 a month for electricity and have never gotten even close to that. Our August bill was $135 the highest it has ever been but then August was a very HOT month.