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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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I have double pane windows my insulation is up to par and my furnace is the right size and well maintained. I have gas heat and hot water and the pool heater is also gas. So that is not included in the monthly electric bill i posted. Believe it or not that is low for my area. Most of my neighbors are in the $700 a month range for electric only. If I use the heat in the pool during the summer the bill can reach over $1000 a month. We just averaged our electric bill over the 12 month period and it came out to $541 a month