What do you pay for utilities in your house?

[Marcymox]

gas- 35.00 summer, 100.00 winter ( gas heat and water)

Electric- 90.00 winter, 400.00 summer ( electric stove and A/C, 2 story house faces west. elec. pool pump)

Water 35.00 winter 100.00 summer ( summer and winter lawn in back, desert landscaping in front, pool)

trash 40.00 all year, one trash pick up per week, one recycle pick up per week.

this is near Phoenix, az. 2100 square feet,

[LuxLiving]

For March - midsouth, weather's been mild & a bit rainy.

97.00 gas
14.00 trash
62.00 electric
49.40 water/ambulance service
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222.40

1680ish sq. foot house upstairs
1000 sq. foot walkout basement -1/2 lived in 1/2 unheated/uncooled storage

Natural gas heated/natural gas dryer/natural gas cooking

edited to add:
septic system so no sewer payments
and someone is home all day

[Hot dog]

I have an adjustable thermostat keep it at 70 when home and 62 when not and during the night and it was like 375 this month down about 100 from last month. I will definitely trade.

[PauletteGoddard]

Natural Gas: average $83/month (high: $149, low: $17)
Electricity: $25/month (plus $6 for Green Power Up credits, optional)
Water/Sewer/Recycling: $87/month
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$195/month, for elderly 1120 sq. ft. Seattle, Washington house.

[msnln]

I was pay a lot for heating because I have oil heat which cost about $1600 this winter season but I am paying a lot less for other utilities.

Electricity: $5-$10/ month (I have solar panels)

Gas : $25/month for hot water & cooking - according to energy usage sticker on water heater, it costs about $20 for hot water/month with model I have. I have water saving shower head (which brought my water bill from $10 a month) and I keep water temperature at low enough so I only turn on hot water for shower. I figure why keep water higher temperature than needed and mix with cold water for use.
So cooking is about $5/month but I use a lot of electric cooking appliances due to panels generating free electricity.

Water : $6 a month, or $18 a quarter.

I live in metro NY area in 1800 sq ft house. We do not utilize first floor (living room, dining room) much during winter seasons and do not heat first floor. Thermostat is set at 60 degrees at night and 68 during day and during summer, it's set at 80 degrees.

[banana]

My electric bill has been averaging around $100 a month during the winter.

We have oil heat and paid $1,131 for heating oil this season (we also use oil for our hotwater).


Water/sewer bill has been averaging arounf $50 a month.

Garbage is $26 a month.

[JBinKC]

Water/sewer $70/month (nothing I can do about it its fixed not metered). I know I am likely paying the among the highest rates in the country on this. I have sent complaints to the regulatory commission of the state over this issue which has been a waste of time so far.


Electric $65 winter $90 summer

I eliminated propane 3 years ago which I figure would run about $1600 this heating season. I now heat with wood which ran about $60/year in incidental costs to harvest.

Garbage collection $15/month

[disneysteve]

We do the equal payment plan for gas and electric. Our current budget is $205/month. We're running a little over budget, but I'm hoping we'll even out when we stop needing the heater.

Water runs $35-40/month.

We also pay $79/quarter for sewer.

[Daylily]

Equal Payment Plan in the Midwest
(HOT in the Summer, COLD in the Winter)

Electric: $92
Propane Gas: $71

1400 sq ft house.

[kilapapipa]

Central Wyoming- 2600 sq. ft.

Gas ranges from $18 in summer to $233 in winter.

Electric ranges from $75 in summer to $143 in winter.

Wat,Sew,Trash ranges from $90 in Summer to $26 in Winter.

It is hard to budget all this. I tried budget billing a few years ago but they killed us with that.

[sweeps]

I tried budget billing a few years ago but they killed us with that.

What I find amusing is when you get a bill for $20 and below that it says "Sign up for budgeted billing! Pay only $140 this month!"

[disneysteve]

It is hard to budget all this. I tried budget billing a few years ago but they killed us with that.

What didn't you like about the budget billing?

[LivingAlmostLarge]

$200/electric, $200 gas heat/month balanced billing. And that's in a townhouse with neighbors helping. Damn expensive.

[Brokemofo]

$250 average over the last 7 months for just gas and electric. Water, trash, and sewer are extra.

[kilapapipa]

What didn't you like about the budget billing?

An example was our Gas bill averaged out at $87 a month one year and they gave the opportunity to sign up for winterguard the next year which I understand would help us budget in the winter but the monthly bill was going to be around $112. You know they are not going to lose money on the deal, they will be sure of that. I realize the price of gas would probably go up but I will take my chances in the winter. I would rather pay $18 in the summer than the $112. I seen another thread about climate change which I have not read but we seem to get more mild winters here every year and that is another reason to take my chances.