Last month mine was $556, my highest before last month was about $460. 4300 sq. ft, plus a pool, and shop, I have been building a couple sets of gates so my welder has been running a good bit the past couple of weeks, plus lights, metal saws, grinders, etc. 73 downstairs during the day 75 upstairs, at night its 69 downstairs and 72 upstairs.

I have electric heat. My worst bills have been in the winter, by far. We had a week where it didn't get above freezing and I don't think the units cut off. At least in summer, the units can catch up at night.

$105 this bill, $97 last. 3K (?) sq ft, being in the woods and always in shade plus unit is under a porch extension. Temp set at 74. Just wife and I, if we aren't in the room then lights are off.

Highest I ever had, $331.

2 story historical home in Mobile on Government street .... 4 persons... 30plus year old central air and heat unit.... three window units... two home sized refrigerators ,,, one mid size refrigerator, one red bull refrig,, one deep freeze... a washer and dryer they almost never sleep... two carport lights only at night...two front porch lights only at night.. 4 flat screen tv's ,,,one 48 inch, two 43 inch,, one 32 inch... two microwave ovens ...one desk top PC that I put to sleep after every use and shut down when turned in for the night...

$ 709.00 for the month of August...

Your powerbill is looking less like a light bill and more like a modest monthly mortgage payment

yes indeed it does....actually, I don't see why the bill isn't higher than that with all the power sucking appliances and electronics in the house,,, power bill drops to less than half this amount once cool and cold weather sets back in though....

$630 last month. Will be much higher this month. Over 3000 sf, pool, commercial freezer, 2 small chest freezers and 2 refrigerators.

I don't care if mine is $1000. I'm not sweating in my house. I do enough of that during the day.

Just paid my bill 8/24. 2600 sq ft cooled. 1.5 story vaulted ceilings. 68 at night and 70 in the day. $274.68 Not a shade tree within 100 yds. Highest bill this year was Jan 20th. It was $313.40. All electric with heat pump.

Damn mine is never over 220 and I have a kid living with me

I was raised to be thrifty and turn lights off immediately

Ours was $125 at the cabin last month. But we are 2 1/2 stories and only 1100 s.f. and pretty efficiently designed. I think at the Birmingham house it was about $150, but it has a lot of shade I think the thermostat there is set on 72 degrees.

1650 sq ft built in 1975. Well insulated with double pane windows. 75 daytime and 73 at night. About half shaded.
A new 3 ton 14 seer Goodman hvac system, we can tell some savings with this one.
We replaced a 26 year old 3.5 ton 12 seer Goodman unit.
$147 last month and $152 this month.

We just got our power bill today. Its $240.00 I'm pleasantly surprised with how hot its been . T-stat set on 77 and its very comfortable inside.

Did you say your LED light bulbs dont seem to be doing what they said they would?

Me too, I constantly walk behind the wife turning lights out.

I keep the thermostat on 71 auto all year, someone home 99% of the time. Got my bill from AL power yesterday, $235. Just over 2100 sq ft, 4bd/3ba; I have zero trees for shade. I built in 2016 and foam insulated the whole thing and installed a pretty good Bryant Infinity Hvac. Other considerations for efficiency were LED lights, standing seam metal roof with no penetrations, front/rear porches to cover windows as much possible, and Anderson Silverline windows. The only “bad” (almost $300) power bills I’ve had yet are from the few single digit days and running on emergency heat strips.

Anyone who’s paying a ton of money would do well to spend money fixing insulation gaps, replacing old inefficient hvac, etc. I’ve got a guy at work who pays $500 per month while overrunning his ancient hvac and multiple window units instead of getting it replaced. Seems to me he could spend the same money for a little while and have a new unit but I could be wrong.

Last year we had to have a new HVAC unit, blew in an extra 8 inches of insulation and due to wife's Lupus, put UV reflective film on all windows. I was happy to see mine was $185.

That’s impressive!

Def cheaper to “build right” vs alternative power production.