Inquiring minds want to know???

• Inquiring minds want to know??? jjsmom06 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:38:15 PM I was talking with another forum member who lives across the country about our gas and electric bills. Especially with such different weather in most of our country compared to southern California, it is amazing how different bills can be.     So I am wondering… what is your “average” winter and average “summer” utility bill?       If possible, please say what part of the country you live in as well… [] LIKE 54 REPLIES 920 VIEWS LAST POST OTTOLUV Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 7/2/2007 5:42:37 PM DFW. TEXAS Avg summer temp HOT Avg winter NOT TOO COLD (you like that scientific jargon eh?)   2000+sqft home with attic, no basement, avg insulation, old leaky windows. ALL APPLIANCES ELECTRIC no gas in this home. Heat pump/Central AC. Summer: $170-280 per month depending on the weather. Our bill is averaged. Winter: $100-200 depending on if we use the fireplace or not. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:44:02 PM Summer: $170-280 per month depending on the weather. Our bill is averaged.   []   Ok, not gonna share my bills yet....[8|] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 7/2/2007 5:46:53 PM NW MI....think very cold in the winter......   Average $150 per month, so not so bad.  Our heating/cooling system is a geofurnace and we have two electric boxes and get a hefty discount on the heating/cooling. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ColleenC Posted : 7/2/2007 5:48:56 PM 700sq. ft. Apartment.  First floor.  Air comes through windows and door a bit.  Built sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. Summer: $75-$100 I try to keep it pretty cool in the summer.  There is usually one month close to $100 and the rest are $75-$85.  Trash pick up is on there too so electric is $15-$20 less than the full bill. Winter: $30-$45 Again, this includes the $15-$20 trash pick up.  My heat is gas and my apartment pays for that. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• probe1957 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:50:47 PM 3500 sf house.  Heated with propane.  Water heater and clothes dryer are gas.  All utilities combined, in the dead of winter, will be close to $500 a month.  About the same in the very hot part of the summer. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Liesje Posted : 7/2/2007 5:51:58 PM I live in West Michigan.  I used to live in a duplex with only one floor plus the basement, one side had NO windows and the other side was connected to the other half of the duplex.  Our Nov - March gas bills were $150-$200 which is low for our area because we only had one floor, we shared a wall, and we kept the heat at 65 during the winter.  Our electricity bill hovered near $100/mo year round.  Our heat was through gas and we never used the air conditioning, hence why the electric bill was pretty much even year round and gas went WAY up for the winter.  Gas there in the summer was more like $30-$50.  I don't know what gas is now b/c we live in a little apartment and it's lumped into rent, but after I moved out of that house the gas prices went up, so many people were paying nearly double than the year before, meaning we would have paid like $300/mo. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• miranadobe Posted : 7/2/2007 5:52:07 PM teeeny tiny apartment (about 500sq ft) in New England.  I pay about $140 for gas heat in the winter and $35 electric in the winter.  The spring and fall are about $65 for heat and about the same for electricity.  Come June-August, though - electricity jumps to about $100-$120... which reminds me, I have some bills to pay tonight! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:54:11 PM HOLY CRAP PEOPLE!!!   Ok, 1300sq ft condo in southern california.  Hottest part of summer with AC (AC= Air conditioning for billy...lol ) running daily = about $120 a month   Middle of winter with heater running a few nights a week = $90ish    0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 7/2/2007 5:56:26 PM Yeah Shelly...but I can afford to pay that bill, and probably even higher, with a mortgage less than $700 per month on said 2000sqft home, and near .25 acre yard [sm=evilfire.gif] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ColleenC Posted : 7/2/2007 5:58:25 PM My rent is only $360 per month and includes water/gas, so that makes up for my higher summer bill. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:59:37 PM North Texas, about 60 miles north of Dallas.   1288 sq. feet. Electric central a/c and gas heater, gas water heater, gas oven and stove top. Electric is averaged since last summer when almost all of August was 100+ F.   Average electric bill during hottest part of summer is about $250. I like the house cool when I get home. Average gas bill in the coldest part of winter is about $150 to $200, I think. Average gas bill in the summer is $30.   Work is 37 miles from the house. With the current price of $2.89/gallon, I'm spending $11.25 a day in gas. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 7/2/2007 5:59:51 PM Yeah Shelly...but I can afford to pay that bill, and probably even higher, with a mortgage less than $700 per month on said 2000sqft home, and near .25 acre yard   [8|]NOW DON'T BE SNOTTY!!!!  Rubbing into my face that I can't afford to buy property and all.... damn... $700 a month???  It would be about $4000 or more here for a fraction of the space you are talking about[&o] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 7/2/2007 6:00:19 PM Our house is 2700 sq feet on an acre, since I forgot to put in the square footage......one stove is electric, the other is propane, as are both water heaters.  Propane runs roughly $500 per year. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Jewlieee Posted : 7/2/2007 6:03:32 PM I have a 1000 sf house in MI. Gas bills in the winter are about $125 and $25 in the summer (loooooving the summer gas bill)   My electric water and sewer are all on one bill which is basically $130 year round (I have a hot tub which nearly doubled the electric bill) 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login