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Originally Posted by john70t
That's pretty nuts. My combined bills rarely go above $200 (1400sq Mich)
I'd suggest some kind of energy audit.
Even a professional one will save money in the long run.
Pool heat and pump would be first suspect. Oversized furnace. Lack of attic insulation. Single pane windows. Change those halide/sodium outside lights to LED. Foam wrap pipes in the basement.
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Hey John -- when we last lived in SoCal (~8 years now) our electricity base rate was $0.276/kWh. Even with all new low-E windows our typical bill (gas heat/stove/dryer/water heater) ran $400-$500 a month. Ran a new, high-efficiency variable speed pool pump and only needed/used AC about 2 weeks a year. An awful lot depends on the utility. Here in NV our base rate is ~60% lower at around $0.106/kWh.