Thread: another High light bill.....

This is really begining to be a pain in the rear-end....this is like the 4th month in a row that our light bill has been way too high....last month it was 500.00, and this month it is 455.00....when is it gonna end??????

That is the only bill that I have to make 2 payments with......

ok, I'm done venting now!!!!! thanks....

wow hope you get some relief soon!

now I know why I wouldnt want to live in texas lol.

You know I didn't think of that the meter reader may be reading it wrong. Sometimes I think ours doesn't read it at all because the amount used will be exactly the same or a whole lot more than the last time they read it. It couldn't hurt. One thing I've noticed if I turn the thermostat on my central air less than eighty degrees it seems to run a whole lot and not turn off much and the bill gets real high. But if I stick to eighty or a little higher it doesn't go up very much. This month it even went down 17 dollars. So I keep mine on eighty in the daytime and at night I turn it up to 85 or more. My husband has breathing problems he can't take the cold air at night he gets crooped up.
I hope it goes down for you next month.

Buslady469, I'm with you. We received our bill on Saturday. It's $351.00. Hopefully it'll start going down with fall coming. Last month our bill was over $400.00 as well. It's never been this high in 5 years. I don't feel it's any hotter than "normal" for here...Houston.

Hang in there.....hopefully relief will be coming soon with fall/winter coming. I've had our meter checked 2 times in the past 6 months. Nothing's wrong. Neighbor across the street her bill was $150.00. I asked her how she did it....she's not running her a/c at all. I'm not sure how she stays in her home all day w/no air flowing thru it.

My blinds are closed, doors to other rooms, a/c is up to 78. I know all my neighbors think I'm a hermit....lol

Gotta love Texas....lowest average cost of living and no state tax but the HIGHEST electric rates.....nice.

I'm right there with you and the $400 light bills.....I actually went out and bought a new energy efficient washer and dryer to help cut down on the costs of electricity and water. My next bill will be the first full month with the new set so hopefully I'll see a difference. We've also been trying to get it cold at night so that we can use just fans during the day and we just put tinting on our windows.....even though I think it's tacky I needed to do SOMETHING fairly cheap to keep the heat out during the day (we have massive windows).

But think about it this way....come winter time in Texas we won't have to run AC OR heat LOL

no possible way a neighbor tapped into your line ??

cripes thats more than it takes to power a small football field for friday night lights

My sympathies.

Thankfully the summer is on its way out...

Heres hoping for a mild winter, so your heat bill won't equal your AC summer bill.