Is My Electric Bill High?
September 5th, 2008. Filed under: Finance & Fitness Fridays.I certainly thought it was, but the guy who does the yearly maintenance check on my central air conditioning system said it’s not. I’ve just completed my first year here at the money pit and I have had nothing to compare my power usage month by month. $113 sounds high to me. I’m willing to give up a lot in the name of frugality and working towards a debt free lifestyle, but two things I have chosen not to give up (at least, for now) are my air conditioning and my high speed Internet. I live in Florida, land of heat and humidity. I think that explains my desire for comfort in my home. As for the high speed Internet, I just want it. That’s why. I love my computer and I’m trying to figure out how to create income using the beast. If you have any ideas how I can do that and get out of running off every weekend to put in a minimum of 24-27 hours working for someone else, please drop me a line. That could also cut off the 90 minute commute.
Anyway, this guy checked everything out and told me everything was good with the A/C. Since new central air was one of the first things this money pit gobbled up, that’s exactly what I expected to hear him say. Then he asked me how much I was paying to cool my home. I told him it was running between $113-$119, with $113 being the most recent bill. What I did not expect to hear is that is very good for my size home. Apparently most other homes this size are costing $130-$150 monthly. I still don’t like paying that much.