How is everyone electric bill looking like?

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Since last year, my electric bill has spiked by over $200 (currently $500/month). This is way bigger than the gas issue, and no one is covering it. I am having to turn on only one monitor at a time to save costs.I know the summers in Texas have been hot with the Air Conditioners, but this spike is unbelievable.

Kon-Peki · Accepted Answer

There&rsquo;s probably a lot of low-hanging fruit in terms of energy efficiency improvements you could make.Many of them don&rsquo;t cost much money and will show an immediate impact. When you do that, switching to a heat pump is cheaper because you don&rsquo;t need as large of a system. When you go solar, it&rsquo;s cheaper because you don&rsquo;t need as many panels or microinverters.Our local utility sends out an energy scorecard ever 6 months that tells you how you compare to nearby houses of the same size. We&rsquo;ve managed to get our house into the lowest 10% consumption group, and yet we still could do better with insulation.

john_the_writer · Answer

Near zero (sometimes electric co owes me)Solar on the roof is awesome.

stop50 · Answer

Its looking ok. Renewables lowered the costs us, despite our bad power managment. At least its not that bad as the Texan system.

King-Aaron · Answer

Next question please