Hey folks, i need your help and advice. What kind of show is this? 900$+ for electric bill?! We have no gas and heating is electric but it’s set on 69-70 degrees. This year’s winter is way warmer than previous years. Most of our devices are smart devices (including TVs, washer/dryer, refrigerator etc…) so we can monitor usage. I dont know where this number came from. Is this some mind of fraud/scam? This payment is 80% of what i pay for my rent. Is there anything i can do with that? PLEASE HELP
5000kWh?!?!
Something is horribly wrong with your consumption. Check the heater first?
I did check it last year when it was around 800$ and they said “filters” i was like ok this filters didnt have issue month before, but ok lets replace it. We replaced it and here we are again…
Filters should be replaced roughly every 3 months
1-3 months depending on type. High MERV filters should be replaced every 30 days
But you really shouldn’t use those because they are bad for the life of your furnace.
But maybe you really should use those because they are good for the life of your lungs.
Oftentimes less than that if you have animals.
Filters get clogged over time and need to be replaced. It's normal for a filter that was fine one month to be blocking airflow too much the next. Also, what kind of filter are you using? If you get too thick of one, they can restrict airflow even when clean
Yup, I thought I was smart getting these ultra high rated filters one year while wondering why our AC was barely working.
I talked to an Hvac person recently who said it was better to buy thhr cheapest filter and replace every month
Neighbor is an hvac tech.
Said the green and cardboard multi packs, then replace every 2ish months depending on what they look like/unit running. Fancy ones are counterproductive and cant magic your house to be less dusty.
The biggest thing that’s counter productive is the tiny filter housings most techs install without even asking what type of filter the customer would prefer to use. More surface area on the filter makes it less restrictive. You could also just keep using the low Merv filters and change them less often, since there is more surface area.
The “fancy” ones aren’t counterproductive, they just need the proper housing so you can use a larger filter. It isn’t magic, they literally remove particles down to a smaller size. That will help keep more than just your evaporator coil clean.
Heard the same. People make the mistake of thinking the filter is for their personal filtration needs when in actuality it an optimized for the HVAC system.
I had a few weeks of that happening one year, too. AC went from fine to barely working, and it was new--first filter change.
When did you last replace the filters?
Yeah, by last year do you mean like December or do you mean like 12 months ago?
Bro you need to be replacing the filters like every other month... Your furnace is working HARD as fuck especially at the temp you're saying
Something does not add up. There are roughly 720 hours per month. That means on average you are using 7.1 KW per hour. That’s an insane amount of electricity. I average around 1 KW per hour and I thought that was bad.
Turn the system on and check how much current it is drawing, and compare it to the specification on it. You should be able to look it up by the model. There could be a problem internally
Filters: MERV 11 is the sweet spot. Buy them 6 at a time. Change them NO LESS than every other month, especially if your space is mostly carpeted or you have pets.
We have AEP also and 3100 square ft 100-year-old house and and our bill is "only" $600 max
This is almost certainly a major contributing factor if you haven't replaced it since then. This is an every-couple-of-months type of thing.
Yea I consider myself a "power user" and I think the most ours has been is like 1800kwh, and that was with a hot tub in the winter. Something else is going on.
and the windows
You said you rent. Is your building multiple units? Are you sure each unit has it's own meter and you aren't inadvertently paying for your electricity and a neighbor's?
Yea I’d be asking my neighbors what their electric bills are or going to the landlord to get a sense of how much the neighbors are consuming and paying.
Great idea! This has happen to me before. Click off the main breaker, watch your neighbors tv click off.
My sister lived at the golf course apartments on E Dublin Grandville, and they did it by whole unit. Each was four apartments, and you shared it all. She got mad because the old man upstairs would wake up at 5am and take a 3 hour shower. They talked to him, and he just sat in it as it ran. Really pissed her off.
Two guesses:
Your electric heat is using supplemental heat and that is killing your use.
Grow lights.
In today’s world, most grow lights are led, no way that’s modern grow lights. HPS lights, sure, but chances are slim that’s what any modern grower is using
When I first started to learn to grow in the 90s there weren't too many options to get grow lights. So as the newbie it was my job to shimmy up street light poles and take the LPS bulbs
Lmao legit I’ve tried multiple times in my youth to climb up a street light pole to get the light but never made it. Salute to you my brother lol
Stop being technical and pick up on the sarcasm!
Ha it was at this moment I realized I Reddit too much. There was no tone indicator. lol
Maybe the grow lights accidentally shined on the electric bill.
Grower here can confirm with 5 flowering LEDs and several for veg mine is no where near this lol
Most likely auxiliary heat. I have a shit load of grow lights in my basement cause I love tropical plants. It doesn’t do much to my electrical bill bc they’re LEDs
I love tropical plants too brother, light up
Unironically I legit do just have a shit load of tropical plants and nothing else 😂😂
Least suspicious pot grower ever.
Lmaooo honestly fair. That's exactly what I would say if I were
When I moved up to the Powell area ~5 years ago and was house shopping, I fell in love with a house on a couple acres with a nice big pond and close to the high school. Price was right, house needed some work but not terrible.
Then I found out it was electric heat and had no gas line run to the house at all.
Hard pass. I briefly looked into what it would cost to run a gas line to the property, but ultimately moved on.
There is no chance I'd do anywhere with electric heat in a cold climate area, especially with how much electricity pricing has gone up the past few years. I don't see that changing unless we lean hard into more green energy investments (nuclear, wind, solar, etc.).
I'm so sorry for those of you stuck in places with electric heat. You're screwed, and it won't get better anytime soon.
Yep I have an all electric house and I regret it SO much. Never never never again.
Mine was all-electric but I slowly converted to gas. Gas line was in our neighborhood already, luckily.
There’s gas in our neighborhood but we had someone come check it out and because of the way a back deck is set up in our house he said it would be incredibly complicated and expensive to convert. Maybe we’ll get another opinion in the future.
I had a problem with my back deck's placement too. The good news is one day it will rot and need replaced, and that presents a good chance to move it or re-design it.
You can also route the exhaust through the roof if you can find someone who will do it for you.
At one point, Columbia Gas was giving a rebate and running the gas line from the main to a new home meter all for free. Check to see if they still offer such a service.
I'm so sorry. I'm lucky that my 1st home was a fairly new build with gas heat, and I learned through those ownership years how much of a cost difference that made - so I took that knowledge with me when shopping for my 2nd home.
A modern heat pump system is fine in our climate, they aren't like they used to be. The only way you get bills like this with a heat pump is if there's a problem and the thing is using the supplementary resistive elements all the time.
I had a heat pump installed this year, replacing an undersized 80% gas furnace. With gas + electric last December (which was warmer than this December), I paid ~$100 more total this year. My rates are the same this year as they were last year as I was locked in. I am going to get rid of gas entirely here soon.
Point being, modern heat pumps are fine.
Nuclear is green?
Yes
Edit: see comment by u/god_legend below. Sums it up nicely
As an environmentalist, I'd just skip over wind, solar and hydro.
Nuclear is the de facto option for the amount of power generated with the least footprint. Today's technology is very safe as well.
Solar is only ideal imo if placed on existing building roofs, even then I think it's a waste of materials. Solar farms turn large tracts of land into useless areas for wildlife and humans.
Wind's benefit does not make sense for materials invested and maintenance is crazy.
Hydro dams up rivers and greatly affects wildlife.
I'm a big advocate for native plants and ecosystems and I just don't want us to waste time and resources on energy sources that are inefficient and affect wildlife by taking up more land area.
Fair points and I don’t disagree with you. If we use solar, water, and wind, we will find ways to do it better - thus why I don’t think it’s wasted effort to continue to invest in “renewables”.
You forgot mining for bitcoin. Do people still Do that?
Shhhhhhhh dont remind them.
We turn on heater back in late October and we never had this high bill before. And weather maybe it wasn’t same in October but its was pretty mild and same in November/December
Go look at the meter now, then check it in an hour.
Then cut the breaker to your furnace. Check the meter an hour later.
Do some math a d see what happens.
Substantial rate increase is one factor.
Is your furnace using supplemental heat? You need to check that. Mine malfunctioned one month and it crushed my pocketbook with electric use like yours.
5000 kwh is insane usage.
Yep.....24/7 supplemental heat running
What does this mean? Are you asking if OP uses space heaters? Or do some furnaces have some sort of supplemental heat option?
edit: you've sent me down a rabbit hole of learning about heat pumps vs gas furnaces. TIL.
Heat pumps usually have supplemental (auxilliary) heat. If it is too cold, the heater will fire up some additional elements to help get to the desired temp. Downside is, it pulls a shit ton of electric.
Nice avatar
Change yours.
Since you have electric heating only, your heat pump may not be working. Or you don't have a heat pump at all.
I have a heat pump and electric air handler, and my last bill was $250 for a 1400 sqft home. It would be easily double or triple that if I had no heat pump and only used the electric heat strips in my air handler - they work like a giant toaster.
Not according to the National Weather Service. Here is there data for 2024/2025:
Avg temp: 37 / 31 Avg high: 43 / 39 Avg low: 30 / 23
In addition to it being colder this year, rates are up. So $800 last year vs $900 this year is not surprising.
If I were you I’d turn down my thermostat a few degrees, to start. When is the last time you had your heating system serviced?
Check to see what temp your heat pump switches to auxiliary heat as it uses a ton of energy. When temps drop below a certain temp auxiliary kicks on. Smart thermostats allow you to gradually heat the house instead of the aux heat rotating to life.
64 at night and 68-69 during the day will save a good deal of money (and help you sleep better).
If they have a heat pump they’ll want to be careful with setbacks. If the heat pump doesn’t think it can warm up in a reasonable amount of time, it may use aux heat to try to close the gap. Depends on your heat pump.
Yeah, heat pumps should stay at almost constant temperature. I just keep mine at a constant 66 given the heat strip will kick on to raise temps if I do a setback.
Our also will kick on the aux heat if we set the thermostat >2 degrees higher than current temp. So if we need to raise the temp by more than 1-2 degrees we need to do it in stages, raise it 2 degrees now, wait a bit for it to catch up (w/o aux heat) and then raise it another 1-2 degrees to the real desired set point. This usually only happens if we've been away for a few days and turned down the temp before we left.
Smart thermostats that give short blower cycles are ONLY good if you have a furnace specifically designed to function with short blower cycles. It’s a specific kind of furnace, and typically more expensive. The vast majority of people do NOT have this kind of furnace - and should not let their “smart” thermostat dictate anything. It will ruin your blower, and do it pretty quickly. Run a schedule with a less than 5° variance - it’s the best use of equipment and comfort.
(This is advice from my extremely smart HVAC tech friend.)
I’m glad you posted this. My gas bill was 20% higher than it’s ever been this past month. And I suspect it has something to do with the “smart” nest thermostat settings. But I can’t figure out what to change.
I have a Nest, and set it to a schedule, vs the “learning” or “auto-schedule” feature. And you have to watch it, because I’ve caught it going back after an update or if the power was out for a bit.
This is what I’ve done and experienced. As long as it is on my set schedule and the gradual temperature change is happening I save money. It starts so early on freezing nights/mornings, but is effective. And this is a change from 64 to 67.
If your heat is a heat pump I would check to make sure you're not running on emergency heat. That is expensive AF. Have someone come out and inspect your heat
5000+ kWh is absolutely insane.
Have you checked if someone has spliced into your lines and is powering 1369 incandescent lightbulbs 24/7?
Seriously, you either have a budget plan where this is all the overages stacked up, or someone / something is using a lot of power you aren't aware of.
Bro turn off the Bitcoin miners
I mean you did use 5k+ KWh, what are your previous months usage like? You can reach out to them to have them verify the meter reading as well. Yes it’s been some warmer but we have had spells that it was super cold and windy. Which means the system has been running over time.
Are you on the budget plan? If so you’ll pay overage on your final bill for the year.
Call them up and ask them. 5,125 kWh is a fuckton. Look at your normal monthly usage and use that to dispute the charge, if it’s wrong. Utility companies make mistakes too.
I used 3300 kWh one cold winter month in an all-electric house. 5100 kWh is believable.
A number 50% higher than your highest ever is believable, just cause?
I don’t know anything about OP’s situation other than what they posted, which is they’re surprised by how high the bill is. Therefore, it’s not usually this high.
>A number 50% higher than your highest ever is believable, just cause?
I kept my house colder than he did (66 vs 70) and mine was pretty well insulated. If he had old windows, low attic insulation, and keeps it warm, it's very believable.
It’s an apartment, though! I can’t imagine.
an apartment could be one unit in a duplex, affected by old windows and poor insulation.
I was surprised we used 4500kWh last month and I charge an electric car! 5100 is a lot depending on the house size.
I used slightly over 2,000 kWh in Jul & Aug, freaked out and turned the AC off and unplugged lights all of Sep & I cut it to 1,300 & 1,000 the next 2 months.
2,000 was a shit ton too. 5,000 is crazy.
Even 1,000 kWh is insane if you truly didn't use central a/c the entire month, especially in a month like September where you wouldn't use a/c or heat. In non-cooling months, I average about 200 kWh in a 1K sq ft two story duplex.
First, as suggested, contact AEP and have them verify the meter reading. Also, it doesn’t sound like your generation price is out of line with current rates - they’re much higher than a couple years ago, but your at about 9 cents/kwh, t about the norm these days. If the meter reading checks out, something is up with your heating system- we had a couple cold snaps but nothing that would justify that much usage. Good luck.
What is your kWh usage in the months prior? 5125 kWh is an astronomical number. For comparison I used 416 kWh last month (altho I do have gas heat). But still, that shouldn’t be the cause for the difference.
What kind of place do you live - house/apartment?
Have you tried asking AEP or an electrician.
If you are at or below 300% of the federal poverty level, I highly recommend taking advantage of the AEP Ohio High Efficiency for Low-Income Program (HELP). Through this program, AEP Ohio helps qualifying customers reduce energy usage. Eligible measures include electric heating equipment, electric water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, and non-LED lighting. I've seen folks receive significant support through the program.
5K usage is crazy.
Definitely your AUX heat setting is on, or automatically triggering on, because even though it's been "warmer" than recent years December was actually cold. I also don't have gas service and December's bill was bigger than usual for me, too. Ours wasn't set to aux permanently but we certainly did run it often to keep our place at 68.
This is the nature of electric service only heat pumps and air handlers.
Holy fuck!! You need some people out to your place to check anything with electric, possibly your HVAC system.
I charge an EV at home, have a 2500 sq foot house. some of my windows are original to the house being built thus I get cold air seeping through them. and I don't have enough insulation in the attic.
and I've never seen an AEP bill come in over 4000 kWh lol
At one point I also received an absurd bill like this and it turned out the person reading the meter either wrote it down or read it wrong. The reading provided on my bill was WAY higher than what my meter showed at the time (many days after the supposed reading date). I requested AEP come out and recheck and they updated my bill accordingly.
This is almost certainly due to inadvertent usage of the aux heat setting on your thermostat. Aux heat is for emergencies, and is INCREDIBLY inefficient and expensive. I got dinged by this a few times.
I could see this as the most likely reason after doing HVAC for years. But if that is out of the question and AEP tries to push you to a budget plan ask your neighbors if they have similar bills. Is there a data center or development project near you? I feel like we are all paying for for the chip plants.
I recently picked up a friend from the airport. She is very type A. She was gone for 2.5 weeks in December all of her lights and heat were off/adjusted. $200 electric bill. Ridiculous.
🤯 did you replicate the outdoor light display from Xmas vacation?
There are many reasons you can be billed incorrectly. Call AEP and tell them you are formally disputing this bill and request a usage investigation. They are obligated to do so.
When comparing you need to look at your KWH not just what you paid. Is it a massive spike or do you seem to have fairly high usage in general?
That being said, that is pretty high usage. I'm in a decent sized ranch that is all electric and used maybe a quarter that amount.
I would suspect the water heater or furnace. Do you have a heat pump? If not, that would explain some of it. If you do, your heat pump may have an auxiliary heater, those also use a good bit and it could be the auxiliary is on when it shouldn't be OR something else is going bad with the heat pump.
You’ll also want to check your kw/h rate - mine just went from 0.06 to 0.10 and my usage was flat but my costs went up. Thanks, data centers getting tax and usage breaks that aren’t yet active and will employ so few people but have a massive negative environmental and community impact.
Inspect the coils inside your air handler/furnace. There could be a lot of dust built up inside clogging up the airflow. This month's bill should be typically a little higher than normal as we had many days under 30 degrees. Another thing to check, your auxillary heat might be configured incorrectly if your system has that. With my Heatpump, Auxillary heat doesn't even come on until it's like -10 outside, but I had an issue in the past where the tech wired it up incorreclty and it would turn on whenever the heat turned on.
Are you on budget (level) billing? If so, especially since this happened last year, this might be a year-end catch up.
But still, yikes!!
So there’s a few things you can do. Community Action can come and weatherize your home. Add things that help with air loss around outlets, windows, doors, etc. AEP’s prices went up this year. It was announced a few months ago. Also, have your meter checked to ensure it’s running correctly. Lastly, AEP has programs like Heap and Pipp that are payment plans that help with bills.
In the same boat here.. Usual electric bill has been $300-$350 consistently for years, rarely up to $500 in the coldest of winter months. Last month was $650, and we got one for $899 yesterday. Ridiculous.
Post a copy of your entire bill with the line item breakdowns. I can help you understand it and maybe narrow things down.
You need to find a way to meter your own usage in kWh. You can't guess at it by considering things like the weather and thermostat settings. You have to have a way to quantify your actual usage to compare against the bill. If the usages match, then their rates are the issue. If the usages don't match then the metering is the issue.
Do you use AEP energy or the smart energy providers?
I have a similar house set up. Mine has been up to 300. This is crazy. I'd call for sure.
How big is your house?
I have an electric heat pump that uses auxiliary heat when it’s too cold and my bill will get expensive in cold months. That said, I keep my heat at 66 degrees to reduce the bill. Every degree you reduce will help.
Curious what year is your house ? Windows single pane. Older windows, air escaping ? Hvac , heat, air system how old is it ?
See if you have a heat pump and verify with maintenance that it is working correctly. PSA - do not live in an all electric anything in our climate without a heat pump, preferably a cold climate heat pump. I have gotten destroyed by a $650 bill followed by a $850 bill for December through AEP in a small house.
What was your kWh usage in September? If its still high then it might not be the heater.
605 was my usage last month. Granted I do have gas. But this is a house with a lot of devices. Is electric heating really that inefficient?
Short answer - yes, it is unless your heat pump is running at maximum efficiency. Resistance heat is expensive, it is the equivalent of turning your oven on and opening the door.
If you find any solutions can you let me know lol?? I have a similar bill/usage for also an electric heated house.
We had the same issue. It's like $300 and it's f****** ridiculous. I'm going to check the filter though. Thank you for all of that
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Did you not get billed or are you late? There has to be an issue unless you left the dryer on 24/7 lol
Get a physical reading of your meter. There is no way this is correct unless someone is stealing your power or maybe an electrical short or something really bad.
Do you have a heat pump or an electric furnace? 10 years ago we lived in a 3 br 1700sf unit on a slab in Olentangy Commons and that had an electric furnace (no heat pump)— in the winter our bill was over $600 with it set to 67. Electric heat is just insanely, prohibitively expensive. If electric furnace, you’re kind of screwed. Seal windows and door gaps, close vents in rooms you don’t use, lower the temperature and bundle up. Electric blankets in places you sit often.
If you do have a heat pump, have it serviced. Several start to use auxiliary heat (the expensive heat strips) when it gets below 30 or 15 degrees depending on the unit. Our heat pump is rated to work until 0 degrees but our electric bill still reaches $600 in the winter for a 2500sf house.
I have a 1500 sq foot house with two stories, aluminum awning windows, and minimal insulation. My kWh was 556. I do have gas — that makes a huge difference, but not that much.
Well done! That’s close to my peak summer usage. But I have a 2 hvac systems and a ton of electronics.
I’ve set my heater to 63° and my electric bill is still well over $200
Check your sump pump! If there’s a water leak in your line it could be continuously running.
Ask aep to come in and review house to see what the issue is. You have to call and set up appointment
Weatherization could help reduce your bills. There are a few free programs in the region:
https://www.morpc.org/programs-services/residential-services/
https://www.impactca.org/hwap
This happened to me. My electric heat was turning on when it wasn’t supposed to. I believe it’s called runaway heat or something. I had to have my HVAC replaced. It brought my bills back down to reality
I take back the rant I had earlier about my 233 dollar electric bill. But I'm still turning my heat down I'd rather be cold and put on layers than have to pay 250 next month.
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It has not been as warm as you claim. It dipped deep this winter, furnaces running 24/7 and not keeping up. Mine is brand new, and was constant 4° behind. Electric furnace and water tanks suck up a lot of juice. Regulations are becoming more and more lax. Nothing is changing until we unelect some people.
Are we great yet?
This comment is not helpful to your specific situation but it’s a general, overall observation. AEP is a monopoly. They should be regulated and brought into check. End of story.
When is the last time you had your heat pump inspected? You have a heat pump, right? If not then...this is the kind of price I would expect.
Probably electric heat I sometimes get a bill 1k. Unfortunately the emergency heat that runs when the heat pump can’t is super inefficient
Mine was $611 for a 1200 sq. ft. house. Like what the actual fuck is happening.
My electric bill living in Westerville just spiked as well just recently.
This happened to me a long time ago. It turned out we had an actual meter reading and the technician transposed the numbers. I would call AEP and have them come out for an actual reread. We had to argue with them quite a bit to do that, but pointing out the absurdity of the charges should help.
Yeah, same story here and same for my fellow all-electric neighbor I just checked with, who I know is conscientious about home maintenance. I think this was just a really cold month, electric heat isn't efficient when it gets really cold, and AEP has raised rates. You can check out "apples to apples" to get a slightly better rate, but as for the kwh usage, this looks like ours and our neighbor. Houses around 1800-2000 sq ft, built in the '80s, we both have new HVAC systems and appliances.
Anything generating heat sucks the power down. A flat or curling iron can draw 1500 watts. Baseboard heating is the worst. But if your furnace is electric, and a fan is out, the thermostat could be running that heating element 24/7.
Couple of years ago we moved into our new house and ran into a similar issue. We have a heat pump and it turns out we had a bad fuse - they replaced it and our usage went way down.
Im guessing you have a heat pump. And the compressor on that heat pump is probably broken. The backup heating system for most heat pumps is electric heating strips, which are VERY expensive compared to a heat pump. Get a service technician out to take a look
They may have misread your meter. The bill should post what they read. Check your meter if it is accessible and compare. it has happened to me before and they said don't pay and they will take a new reading the next month.
ETA: I charge my EV regularly, a lot of kwh, and still never get over 1k kwh. Something screwy is going on if you actually used over 5k.
AEP is almost all smart meters, no more manual meter reading.
Electric heat house usage is way different than gas heat house usage. I hit 3300 kWh one winter month when I was electric before I switched to gas.
Wow, ok, good to know as I shop to replace my furnace soon. I'll stick to gas
When people say electric it’s usually that they had an old electric furnace and not one of the newer heat pump units. Needs to be part of the evaluation
I live in a 1 bed 1 bath apartment in Delaware (~800 Sq ft) I moved to this new apartment at the end of Nov. It's just ME living in the unit. My AEP bill from 11/27 - 1/2 showed 1647 kWh usage and the bill is $326. I don't even use that much heating in my house cuz I like it cold. Whole day my house stays 69 or 70 cool. Very few times I've put it at 72 heat. And that's the max. Never above 72 heat setting. I was so shocked to see this much high bill.
IMO, 69-70 is high, even for people who do not "like it cold".
As member of house thaat likes it cold, we are 63-65 during the day, 60 at night.
Your settings are where I keep my old ass drafty house. I also only live in half the house during the winter to help reduce heating costs.
Respect, fellow igloo resident
Literal highway robbery
It’s really not, op’s rate per kWh is actually not bad, he juts used an insane amount of electricity….
If AEP didn't push the cost to run the data centers onto the general public instead of the people who own the data centers, maybe it wouldn't be so high. Also we all know AEP has a history fucking over the customer.
This is exactly why I refuse anywhere with electric appliances in Columbus, as aep is just a ripoff.
Also, what are you setting the thermostat to? Old windows? Bad door seals?
On a positive note this is the first bill I've seen where the service charge is more than the delivery..
But 5K is absurd
My house is maybe 3500sq ft (gas heat though) and based on my weekly reports I'll probably be 1100-1200 kwh
Electric heat can't be that much of it
It absolutely can be that much of it if the unit is all electric, heating is electric without a heat pump (or heat pump not kicking on). I suspect some of these items are at play for OP: thermal envelope is not perfect (leaks, heat getting into unconditioned spaces like attic/hallway), poor insulation, heat set above 65. My brother got about the same bill in the 600 sq ft house he is living in with all electric without a heat pump and his house has some of those problems. Until this winter, I did not know this was possible. We are resolving the problems and possibly going with a heat pump / running a gas line.
If you are just using a heat pump that is part of your AC unit, they only work efficiently to about 30 degrees F outside. When it gets cold, you need to switch to something else--probably plug in electric heaters.
That’s not true for even remotely modern heat pumps. My 10 year old heat pump works down to -4 and has 99% efficiency down to about 14
It's only been warmer for like 3 days. Otherwise, it's been way below average temps going back to November. I have no idea where you are getting that this winter is warmer than usual. If it was $800 last year around this time, then $900 seems right on target for 2025.
What this sub has taught me: never ever ever get an electric heat pump. Ever.
Where did op say they have a heat pump? They said electric heat, they could have electric baseboard heat, which would explain the insane usage. Heat pumps that are working properly are actually very efficient….
You can pretend that heat pumps don’t actually suck if you choose, but every single time there’s a post on here about an insane electric bill, it’s always an electric heat pump.
I have a heat pump and a Tesla that drives over 100 miles/day, my electric bill was $120….
Mine is obviously way less than yours but something is off but still over 2x what it was same month last year. All the same electrical appliances, etc.
Do you see any extension cords running to your neighbors?...do you live in a 10,000sqft mansion?... There's definitely something going on with your electric. Maybe turn your thermostat to 65 and put on a space heater in the common areas?
Put some solar panels on the roof and invest in a windmill.
File a complaint fast!
So what is Vivek and Acton going to do about this? Because the current leaders let it happen, assuming they will get some sort of financial kickback for that in one form or another. We need to ask both of them this question until we get the answers we want, regardless of party. No more data centers paid for by taxpayers. No more deals for “high paying jobs” being they simply aren’t real. They don’t bring $100k salaries for every employee and if they do, they max out at like 20 employees. Why are paying for the profits of billionaires?
Vivek and Acton can’t do much about OP using 5000 kWh lol
You’re absolutely right, I missed the part of the bill that showed they used 6 months of electricity lol that was my bad. I’m just on edge over AEPs continuously raising rates on Ohioans to accommodate data centers that are benefiting billionaires.
Don’t get me wrong, PUCO (the people that approve electricity rates) are absolutely corrupt crooks, but OP is using 5,000 kW of electricity a month. That is an absurd amount of energy use for residential.
OP is either actively mining crypto or their meter is broken. This particular instance doesn’t have anything to do with the price.
Completely agree, I missed the kWH part but the statement remains true lol we still need to push them on this issue