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Daox,
That actually sounds pretty good for your part of the country. While I currently live in northern California, I grew up in Illinois and I definitely remember those freezing winters and hot humid summers. You'd need to find out how much you're paying per Kwh for the electricity to get a decent comparison to anyone who answers here. I pay over
$.15/kwh here including taxes and add-on fees and averaged about $55/mo over the last two years in a 25 y/o 1600 sq.ft. house with minimal insulation. Natural gas is a bit lower overall but runs about $1/therm..
Other than your heating/cooling bills the largest energy eater is normally your fridge. Get a Kill-A-Watt meter if you don't already have one. You can directly check how much electricity most appliances use. My thought is that a modern fridge should be less than 1.5kwh per day. The one in my house actually uses 3kwh per day....yuck.
JJ
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