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Can anyone advise what the avg. electric bill in the summer months would be on a 3,000 sq. ft. home in the Cary area.Also how much gas bill would be per month in colder months.Thank you!!!!!
Can anyone advise what the avg. electric bill in the summer months would be on a 3,000 sq. ft. home in the Cary area.Also how much gas bill would be per month in colder months.Thank you!!!!!
Electric would be $75 to $150 in summer with the AC.
Gas bill in winter would be $100 to $175 for heating.
The amounts will vary depending on if someone is home all day or not and if you have a programmable thermostat. Also, every month will be a little different. In the end, the utilities are dirt cheap here.
Electric would be $75 to $150 in summer with the AC.
Gas bill in winter would be $100 to $175 for heating.
The amounts will vary depending on if someone is home all day or not and if you have a programmable thermostat. Also, every month will be a little different. In the end, the utilities are dirt cheap here.
I think thats a tad conservative for a 3000 sq ft home.
Im a stay at home mom and our house is somewhere aroudn 2550 sq feet.
Weve been in our home 6 months. Our highest gas bill was $158 for February 2008 (gas heat, hot water, range and a fireplace that was never used). Our heat was set at 65 during the day, 63 at night (which is quite low compared to most folks). With the recent increases in natural gas rates, that bill will now be over $180.
Our highest electric bill is the one that posted today for $148. We keep the central air on 80 during the day/78 at night +ceiling fans (which again is quite high compared to most folks). We use flourescant lightbulbs, energy star appliances whenever possible, High Efficiency Washer/Dryer Pair and generally try to conserve. Electricity rates are going to increase 16%.
Our bills are considerably lower than our neighbors who keeps their home at 75 in summer and 72 in winter.
Its really going to depend on how conservative you are when it comes to gas and electricity. The utility companies gave me some info re the previous owners account when I called to set the new acct up. Their gas bill was $439 for February 2007 vs our $158 for February 2008. Their electric bills averaged $189 per month if you divide their total annual usage by 12. Ours for the past 7 months works out to $70.50 per month.
Last edited by MammaLakn; 07-25-2008 at 06:44 PM..
I think thats a tad conservative for a 3000 sq ft home.
Im a stay at home mom and our house is somewhere aroudn 2550 sq feet.
I did mention it will be affected if people are home all day or not. You are at home during the day, so yours will be on the high end. I highly suggest a programmable thermostat. It makes for a really big savings.
I did mention it will be affected if people are home all day or not. You are at home during the day, so yours will be on the high end. I highly suggest a programmable thermostat. It makes for a really big savings.
Actually compared to homes the size of ours (and the thread NRG linked), our bills are on the lower end bec we are so conservative with temps etc I dont even switch on the first floor central air unit since we are upstairs the majority of the time (office and play/bonus/tv upstairs) and for some (good) reason it rarely hits 80 degree downstairs.
How hard is it to install a programmable thermostat? We were actually just looking at them on the weekend.
Electric would be $75 to $150 in summer with the AC.
Gas bill in winter would be $100 to $175 for heating.
The amounts will vary depending on if someone is home all day or not and if you have a programmable thermostat. Also, every month will be a little different. In the end, the utilities are dirt cheap here.
That's about what mine is for a home in Cary half that size. Actually a little more in the "extreme" months. But we also keep our AC set at about 74.
Our house is about 2400 sq. ft. Our last electric bill was $175.00. However, I am a homeschooling SAHM who keeps the temperature around 75/76 throughout the day and 73/74 at night. (I hate being hot!) We also have an awful lot of electronic equipment in our house.
In comparison, my summer electric bills in South Florida were always over $200.00. There I kept the A/C at 78 all day and night. We did have a pool pump but rarely ran it.
Our highest gas bill was almost $200.00 but that was the month that we had movers come and unload twice and the second time my husband forgot to turn the heat down and so we were effectively heating the outdoors that day. :-( I would say our highest gas bill was around $150.00.
How hard is it to install a programmable thermostat? We were actually just looking at them on the weekend.
It is a piece of cake. There are usually only four wires to attach, just don't let them fall into the wall.
I picked mine up at Lowes for $30 or $40 each. They have drastically reduced my energy bills. I install them in all my homes. This way you can set them to change temps precisely when you want to and you can put them in a hold pattern when you don't want the temp to change. Install them, then play around with the settings. Check your utility bills in a couple months and you will thank me later.
Brrrrrrrrrr..............try using the ceiling fans and then turn the AC to 77 degrees. That also helps save me some much needed cash.
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I dont even switch on the first floor central air unit since we are upstairs the majority of the time (office and play/bonus/tv upstairs) and for some (good) reason it rarely hits 80 degree downstairs.
