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Electric bill seems high...advice?
I think my electric bill seems high and I wanted you guys input. My apartment is all electric, no gas. I have no roommates and therefor when I'm away from home nothing is turned on...nothing, no ac, no heat, no lights. I will give you a rough breakdown of my energy saving attempts (and some were not on purpose lol) for December...
- No TV
- Heatpump only ran twice for a total of about ~6 hours the whole month
- 1 shower per day
- No dryer/washing machine (it was being repaired so I had to use laundrymat)
- No hot water used during dishwasher cycle
- I was only home for 3 weeks of the month
- cf bulbs used throughout and even those are used sparingly
The only appliance I used during the month aside from the fridge is the microwave and even then it's used maybe a couple minutes every other day.
Of the 3 weeks I was home, I was only actually in my apartment for sleep + a couple hours at night before bed. While I'm asleep the only thing turned on is a box fan. Not a single light or anything is turned on while I'm away. Most weekends I'm out of town as well, so not a single light or anything is turned on during that time either.
My electric bill after all this is still 80.00.
It seems to me that it would have been around 40.00 or possibly less. I mean, how much more conservative with usage could you get?
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