annual electricity use??

Anonymous-0 · Mar 8, 2011

A lot of you are down to just 2 or 3 people in the house. I know there are a ton of variables but what kind of annual use (KWH's) shows up? From the folks that don't run a business out of their place or a lot of use for farming, just a normal HH with a shop and some hobbies. We use 4500+/- a year which must be low comparing our bill to what some of you folks mention now and then (our rates are much higher that yours also). Just wondering how the difference could be.
Just curious.

Dave

36 Coupe · Mar 8, 2011

Average 500 kw per month, 16 cents per kw.

tlak · Mar 8, 2011

Average 1500 kw per month, 08 cents per kw

Fawteen · Mar 8, 2011

Hadda ask, dint ya...

Just did the math: 1022KWH/month for 2010 @ 17¢

Electric dryer and water heater, plus that dang welder. "8^(

Anonymous-0 · Mar 8, 2011

OK, humor me here..... We have oil heat that also heats sink and shower water but the washer and dishwasher both heat their own water and we have 2 fridges, a deep freeze, and electric stove. All 230 volt except the stove which is 380-400 volt.
Could it be that the higher the voltage, the less watts you neen to do the job? This would explain why I use half what you folks do. Also, power tools seem to be half the watts as the 110/115 volt ones.

We pay 7.50 per month and 18 cents per kw (euro).

I remember outrageous electric bills as a kid.

Dave

Hendrik · Mar 8, 2011

Just a tad over 3500 kWh per year @ roughly US$ 0.25 per kWh. Electrical clothes washer and dryer. Hot water heater and central heating are natural gas fired. Hendrik, from The Netherlands.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 8, 2011

We use 1600=1700 KW per month. we are on the new Time of Use meters peak hours 9.9cents per mid peak 8.8 and off peak 5.5 plus delivery charge,regulatory charge debit repaymnet charge,HST 13% adds up to appro260.00 per month on average.3 bedroom house 3 people,work in my shop 1-2 days a week.we try to keep things off during peak hours but it still works out the same.

Fawteen · Mar 8, 2011

A watt is a watt. The formula is P=IxE, or Power (watts) equals Current (amps) times Volts.

So 1,000 watts is the same whether it's 100v x 10a or 200v x 5a.

Higher voltage motors do tend to be somewhat more efficient, but resistance heaters (ie, stove elements) are, as far as I know, pretty much all the same.

Fawteen · Mar 8, 2011

Point-of-use water heaters are somewhat more efficient because you're not wasting water waiting for the tap to run warm. Water heaters also vary widely in efficiency based on element design and insulation of the tank.

showcrop · Mar 8, 2011

452 KWH for the last year. Last month was high at 77 due to running resistance heater in the office during the day to maintain 66 degrees. Left the rest of the house at 64 degrees since the wife was at work. Our rate is $.44 per KWH. I should probably hire out to advise on reducing electricity use. Shop is on a separate meter and runs about 150 KWH.

J.T.L. · Mar 8, 2011

Our bill runs from $42.00 to $60.00 per month. So the average is about $51.00 a month. It s very rare to top 500 KWH in any given month. Sand Blaster and Mig welder, account for the bills on the higher end in the warmer months and the pellet stove running 24/7 in the winter months.

John in York Pa.

dieseldoc · Mar 8, 2011

8000 to 9000kwh per month

Spook · Mar 8, 2011

I think your home must be pretty efficient, plus your electric rate is pretty darn good also.

keh · Mar 8, 2011

Last bill was about $200. This is for a house with a heat pump. I'm in SC.

KEH

GordoSD · Mar 8, 2011

1500 kw per mo in the winter, 1000 in the summer. Am all electric home except propane stove amd propane shop heat.

john in la · Mar 8, 2011

23405 kw from 2/24/2010 to 2/24/2011 per the bill.
That is a average of just over 1950 kw per month
My bill this month is 0.0831 per kw after you add in the fuel surcharge and hurricane charge.
That is close to $2000 a year just for electricty but I do not have a gas; water or sewer bill.

Total electric house.
Central heat and air heat pump; 50 gal water heater; elec stove; dryer; well pump; air pump for septic tank that runs 4 min ever 20 min; window a/c and tools in the garage.

old harv · Mar 8, 2011

If I remember my high school electric classes correctly, 1 volt at 1 amp equals 1 watt. Therefore with higher voltage you would draw less amperage, but use the same wattage. Volts is power, amps is flow, and watts are energy produced. Less amps running through the hydro lines may create less resistance and let more useable power get to you compared to the system in north america. Another theory is maybe you have old metering equipment. When they replaced the meter at my place with a new "smart meter" that can remember when you used hydro and bill you more when you use hydro at their busy times, our bill went up about $70 per month, even though we used the same amount of hydro. When they start billing us for when we use it like the other guy from Ontario above me on this post, it will go up even more. "Smart meters" are smart for hydro, not for anybody else.

Russ from MN · Mar 8, 2011

We pay about .09 a kw, our bills run from $50-80 per
mo, depending time of year. Last August was $80
because of air conditioner and sprinkler pump.
Natural gas heat but 90% wood when we are here. We
went south for 2 weeks in Feb. and the gas bill was
$80. Now the cabin is on REA, $40 just for service+
.10 kw for energy used.

onefarmer · Mar 8, 2011

Averages over 5 years
994.72kwh per month
$109.78 dollars per month
$0.10596 per kwh

About the only farm running is an elec fence "6 joule" and I keep a 5hp 60 gal air compressor on all the time. And for two weeks I have a tank heater in the cow tank over Christmas while out of town. Burn wood for heat so the fan runs most all winter, and some air conditioning in the summer

kyhayman · Mar 8, 2011

Average 2100 KWH per month. Bill usually runs around 200 in the peak of summer, high 300's to mid 400's when heating in the dead of winter and low 100's the rest of the time. All electric house.

KIP in MX · Mar 8, 2011

Average 1400 kw a month at $0.25 kw, plus 16% VAT tax and 6% DAP tax. This is with propane water heater, dryer, and stove. Sure glad my company pays the bills!

buickanddeere · Mar 8, 2011

Last of the bills on the old flat rate system.

Oct 2010 1673 kwhr $213.71, no pool pump, no AC, no home heating

Dec 2010 3734 kwhr $328.50
Jan 2011 4249 kwhr $611.01
Feb 2011 3600 kwhr $484.79

Next month will be "Time of Use" rates which will run approx 50% higher for the same amount of power.
Just house and shop/garage with electric heat,well pump, electric water heater, several yard lights, water pipe trace heating, tractor and vehicle block heaters and a heat lamp for the chicken's water pail. Kids take 30 minute showers and leave every light on and doors open.

Wardner · Mar 8, 2011

Showcrop,

$0.44 per kWh is way out of line from my $0.19 which includes the $10.00 per month flat-rate customer charge.

For forum members, we are 30 miles apart although in different states with different electric utilities but we use the same generating sources. Showcrop must be thinking about photo-voltaic equipment. I have a neighbor who just covered his roof.

Maybe it has something to do with the no sales tax situation in NH. Is the state gouging the utility companies to make up the difference and thereby hiding the tax levy?

But I do get a kick out of Public Service of NH buying the equivalent of 200 rail hoppers per week from Brazil and trucking it 50 miles from Portsmouth to central NH. They no longer buy rail delivered western PA coal because it has slightly more sulfur.

I used 188 kWh last month and probably average 2400 kWh per year.

36 Coupe · Mar 8, 2011

We pay 80 to 100 bucks a month.1960 it was 6 8ucks a month.Life would be hard without electric power.

JDseller · Mar 8, 2011

Just checked my Feb. electric bill. 3860kw for the month. The cost was $316.00 with all of the taxes. I am on average billing of $301.00 each month. This is for the well, hot water, shop,and some heat. The upstairs in the house is electric heat. Not worth the trouble to run hot water pipe up there. Our bill is higher in the summer with the AC running.

showcrop · Mar 9, 2011

Wardner, you are right. I was looking at the bill for my shop. The house is $.21/KWH, which includes a $22.35 member service charge. My usage for the last year was 4132 KWH.

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