Bills

The highest we've had so far was last summer. It was a approximatly $520. Yeah that about threw us into shock at seeing it. We went through and changed as many things as we could. The next month it went down by a hundred but the big electricity hog was the a/c unit. Here in Florida during the summer you can't get around having that going. It's just too hot and too humid. Believe me we tried to do without and it was miserable. Normally our bills don't run that high but this past summer was very hot.

My highest bill was $150 but it usualy runs about $70

Ohh yes, in the winter season we always get very high electric bill. All because of the heating. Its so cold here.

I think the highest ours has ever been is $120.00 and I am home all day. I would freak out if I got a bill that high too. My hubby's uncle called last week and he said something had to be done at his house cause theirs was almost $300. I said I would really freak out if mine was that high and I sure wouldn't be able to pay that.

My bill runs pretty close to the same this year, it has been so cold. Even with wearing sweaters and such we still get chilly. I will say one thing I started washing our clothes in cold water and it did make a difference. Plus I hang dry anything I can to keep from running the dryer.

I think that it would help in this discussion is we stated where we were from. I am on Long Island, in New York. I have a family of 5. My highest electric bill was $347.89! Yes, I freaked. More than 1/2 of my bill was "power delivery charges". Okay????? Just another add on because LIPA cannot legally raise their rates right now because of some agreement. So they added this charge on. Talking to different people I found out that any large appliance that you run (ie: washer, dryer, dishwasher) should be run on off peak hours, meaning before 9 am or after 5 pm. This has cut my bill trememdously. If you run something that draws large amounts of electricity during peak hours, then everything you use during the day (clock radio, toaster oven, microwave, or just anything plugged in) is charged at the higher rate. The entire day! How many things do you have plugged in? Tons. This has cut my bill in half. Hope it helps other people besides me, I've been telling everyone about it!

our power bill this month was 201 dollars. ouch! I think it will even be higher next month because it has been alot colder out the past few days.

hi there, im not familiar with the power bill words but im presuming you mean electric bill, if yes, im so happy i have a prepayment meter where i have to purchase credit on a card when i finish my electric, it's easier because id be quite shocked too if i got that bill, that's a bit high!!

yes it is good for me because i wold be scared incase i git a high bill and didn't have the money to pay it.

yes it is good for me because i wold be scared incase i get a high bill and didn't have the money to pay it.

The highest I have ever paid was 200 for a family of 5, the lowest is 89, I monitor everything though. I can't afford for it to go any higher. We make sure lights are off, I use my dryer only at nights and the AC is set on 80 and the heater is set on 65. It works for our family.

Wow! That's really high. My bill has been going up for the last year each month and it's about $110/month from like $87 a year ago andwe don't seem to be doing anything different so I guess maybe it's just inflation.