How Much Was Your Electric Bill for July

In a way I am lucky as I pay as I go for my electric through a meter and a card. A lot of people will argue that this actually would cost more, but at least this way I know where I stand with it. Every time I have gone onto quarterly bills for it I have ended up in debt. I put £20 GBP a week in my meter ($40) but the meter is due for adjusting as when I got my quarterly statement I am £160 ($320) in credit with the company, which means that they owe me money!

OH this time i got Rs.4500/- As my electricity bill!

I'm in Florida and my bill for July was 289.00 This month will be more but I never had one at 400.00. We have two central ac units too!

My recent bill was $318 and thats about $75 more than I usually pay. But with fuel prices rising so much these days, everybodys bill is rising too. The kilowatt usage was about the same as usual on my bill it just cost more per unit than it did last month. Maybe try using some ceiling fans or take a cool shower during the day when you are hot so you dont have to use your a/c as much. Good Luck!

Yes, lady. you're electric bill is way too high. We pay a regular bill of $140 or that is about more than 6000 Philippine pesos. my husband blows his top,everytime the electric bill arrives. Here in the Philippines, the climate is like summer whole year round. So we have to have a centralized airconditioning. plus the fact that our house is only 300 meters away from the beach. also, Davao City is never hit with typhoon being covered by Mount Apo, the highest landform in the Phil. So its always hot, hot , hot! We only have been here for around 5 months. we move a lot because of my husband's work. Our house is really in Manila, the capital. Our bill there, was much lower then. Good luck in calling...

My electric bill has been shocking every single month and I'm hoping that it eventually doesn't come back on us later. Our electric bill since January of this month has been $5

It was probably close to $200.00 for us, but since we have all new appliances including a new air conditioning and heating system, are bill should be lower than most people's electric bills.

OMG where do you live? The highest bill I have ever had was $169 last summer. My bills are usually around $115 - $135 which is pretty good since I live in a hot climate (Florida) most of the year. I have central air which both heats and cools. Your bills is way too high. Maybe you could figure out why it is so high and make some adjustments. Good luck.

My electric bill averages at least $300 - $370 every month. We need air conditioning all day and night as it is hot here. It sucks and it seems like the prices for everything is going up! Have a great day and happy myLotting!!

In our area was a billing error and they acknowledged it and published a message in the paper about it the day the bills had gone out, promising to send a new bill within a day or two. Some people still got shocked when they saw they supposively owed in the thousands for their electricity, lol. First off, check off all the things here, especially the first couple to make sure there are no differences in billing compared to the prior months. You want to be well prepared when you talk with them on Monday. They can be very sneaky and suggest a number of weird things before acknowledging a mistake. Most electric companies had a major rate increase starting July 1st. One of the previous bills may have a notification on that, maybe even this one in the very small print. Or check the paper. It's published somewhere. There may also be a new or increased tax added on. Most communities have been increasing taxes in order to deal with the revenue shortage they have incurred in this bad economy. Anyhow, there are several factors for the bill to go up. One is misreading the meter. Ours is automatic, but you can still go and check. You can read the meter yourself. Pull the previous bills and compare what the meter standing was, go outside and check the meter yourself. You should be able to see the numbers without having to open up something. You should pull previous bills and see, if they are estimated (that note could be well hidden but should be on there). Then this could be an adjustment because they finally got around to reading the meter. You can also calculate rates over time compared to usage and figure out descrapancies and errors. Also the reading time frame varies. If you still have actual people coming to read the meter, they might have come earlier the previous month/ later this month to accomodate vacation shortages. The longer time frame can add significantly. We once had a bill covering 40 days of usage followed by one for 20 days of usage the next month. You could also have an electric item, including your A/C on the frizz. For the last two years, our bill was quite high. We had work done on the A/C/heat pump, which reduced our bill a bit when it finally was done right. But a big item was, when our water heater broke. We got a new one and saved on average $60 on each of the last three bills compared to last year (and there was a rate increase here). The energy saving water heaters really pay quickly for themselves:) July is also the month where the kids are out of school and parents try to stay at home with the kids. There is more computer/TV/game console use. Do you have a pool? One with a filter? Another electricity sucker. Our bill was $73, but we weren't home for half of the month. It probably would have been around $120/130 otherwise, also with the A/C running all month. Still better than the $200plus last year for July. It pays to look into replacing some energy suckers like A/Cs, water heaters, fridges, freezers, dish washers.... Good luck!

hi friend, my electric bill for july is 450. take care.

getting a high electric bill is familiar to all. I got shocked when i got my last two month bill the bill cost me 7000INR.I am trying my full effort to reduce bill do u have any technique to reduce the bill

Yes, lady. you're electric bill is way too high. We pay a regular bill of $140 or that is about more than 6000 Philippine pesos. my husband blows his top,everytime the electric bill arrives. Here in the Philippines, the climate is like summer whole year round. plus the fact that our house is only 300 meters away from the beach. also, Davao City is never hit with typhoon being covered by Mount Apo, the highest landform in the Phil. We only have been here for around 5 months. we move a lot because of my husband's work. Our house is really in Manila, the capital. Our bill there, was much lower then. Good luck in calling...

Your electric bill is just... shocking. I think my mom would be smoking angry once she sees our bill would be that high. Our average monthly bill would be around $80 - 110. And now that we have more electric equipments at home, I think our electric bill would be higher next month.

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Oh my goodness , i know the air con will costs you more so much high? i guess there is something wrong? how many air cons do you 10 or something lol. our was some 1000 rs. that is $25.. this amount itself is too much high for us.. as im kept my system on day and night our bill was raised and my mom complained me...!!!

we leave home by 9am. and return by 7pm. so usage of electricity in only during nights. so we keep a minimum bill. normally everymonth wuold be of Rs.300/-. but for hte month of may it was Rs.800/- cos my son had summer vacation and was at home full time.

wow that's much.. ours is just around $40. well, i am in the Philippines and i have converted it to dollars.. i considered my $40 much already..though we dont use the electricity that often..in the morning, it's just my mom who's in the house, so the appliances are turned on in the evening, that's when everybody's home..

My electric bill has been running around $80 each month, even with window air conditioners and fans running constantly. I think a lot of it has to do with how many appliances are electric and things like that. We have the top half of a house, two bedrooms kitchen, living room and bath. The insulation is shot and it's like an oven up there, yet the bills remain reasonable. The air conditioners are the only electrical heavy use appliances we have besides the refrigerator. Even my mother's electric bill, with a full house and basement, electric water heater and stove, was only (I say only in comparison to yours) $229. She even uses an oxygen concentrator at night since she has to be on oxygen round the clock.

Yes, very high. I am on the budget plan, so I pay the same amount each month, so it really doesn't affect me until they do an evaluation. And that is about every 6 months. Then it goes up or down. It depends on the usage. It really helps a lot so for it has always been reasonable.