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Old 12-23-2008, 07:12 PM
 
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Lipa is horrible. We live in a small apartment in Middle Island and our bill came out to 400 dollars. When I called LIPA they said that "it may be because of a pool or something"... yea right.
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:22 PM
 
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Large 4 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 5 people (3 teenagers), 2600 square foot house, central air (only used on the hottest days), oil heat, electric cooking, electric clothes drying = 180 per month on balanced billing.

Keeping your electric bills low is easy - install the compact flourescents, keep the air conditioners for only the hottest most humid days, install a whole house fan (used virtually every summer day except when central air is on), and get everyone to shut the lights when they leave the room.
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Old 12-24-2008, 11:20 PM
 
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My bills average between 150 a month to 250 in the winter. I have an all electric house - electric heat, electric hot water, electric stove, electric dryer.... I supplement the electric heat with my awesome pellet stove. I keep the electric heat at 50 in most rooms, 66 in the room where my birds are (with the doors shut) and I turn it off in rooms that do not have walls with water pipes in/near them. I have a small house, 1200 sq feet and live alone. I have CFLs, turn off my tv and it's components with a power strip when I'm not using it and don't have central air or air conditioners in the summer - fans only. I don't know what else to do to lower my bill, and it's only going up. Long Island is not single income household friendly at all!
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Old 01-12-2009, 08:18 PM
 
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Has anyone changed to one of these deregulated natural gas providers? If so, would you recommend the the service?
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Old 01-13-2009, 08:59 AM
 
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Default Suffolk - Northport

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hey, i came to this forum looking for info on the average price of a lipa bill in nassau county. i got drawn into another thread but i'm back to my objective.

cape house in valley stream: $400-$600 every two months
3 bed apt in lynbrook: $130-$250

can i get responses from you guys? type of housing and average bill? thanks in advance.
Our last bill was $125.00 - yippee! Pretty low, and I have an 85% efficiency furnace.
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Old 01-14-2009, 07:04 AM
 
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LIPA offers rebates of as much as $35,000 and the tax credits chop off a huge amount of your costs. My electric bill is 1/4 of what it originally was.
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Old 01-14-2009, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Sound Beach
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We avg $160 a month for a family of 5. (pellet stove/oil for heat, LP stove) The biggest power suck is the electric HW heater. We had 4 people stay over for a week...and the incresed showers and HW usage added $100 bucks to this months bill. Absolutely nuts.
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Old 01-16-2009, 10:03 AM
 
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Default Electric Rates in New York State

New York State has the third highest residential electric rates in the United States; only Connecticut and Hawaii have higher rates. New York is 19.48 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), Connecticut is 20.24, and Hawaii is 36.94 cents per kWh.

The average retail price of electricity for the entire country in September 2008 was 10.31 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).

Rates in New York State are almost twice the national average.

» Why Are Electric Rates So High In New York? - Tedder’s Random Notes
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Old 01-16-2009, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Islip Township
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East Islip Small cape 2 Adults no kids. Oil heat, gas cooking, Electric dryer.
Xmas this year we even cut down on our lights. by 3/4 I put them up by the hundreds.
One perk is an indoor hot tub [ 220 volt] set at 95 low to 98 high.The heater only runs twice a day.
last bill
65 days
2422 KW used
488.oo
Same old Lilco rip offs
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Old 01-18-2009, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Levittown
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hey, i came to this forum looking for info on the average price of a lipa bill in nassau county. i got drawn into another thread but i'm back to my objective.

cape house in valley stream: $400-$600 every two months
3 bed apt in lynbrook: $130-$250

can i get responses from you guys? type of housing and average bill? thanks in advance.
I have a 5 bedroom ranch in Levittown and pay 180.00 a month
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