LOL I had the same thing happen with the gas co after I put in the wood stove in Dec '78, and I shut down the furnace, pilot light and all. VERY early one Sun am, a gas co guy and a cop beat on my door to "inspect" their equipment! Loved it!

For the cold spell ours was 468. But got 3 freezers, 3 refridgerators 4 heating units,(building and she shed climate controlled) Patio room with it's own central H/air, hot tub, . Wife that thinks the dishwasher has to be ran everyday and every piece of laundry must be washed daily .

Average 40.00 per month. Dec bill: Actual elect: $8.83-- Elect capacity: $9.83 PSCR: $1.24--Energy Optimization: $0.40--Facility Charge: -- $23.75.

Elect is cheaper in the Eastern UP due to Hydro power on the St. Mary's River.

$ 65.57

Over 320.00 last month
Chickens 1 red bulb and 2 cow tank heaters.

1 heat bulb and a milk house heater on low because a "frost free" hydrant is not functioning properly

It usually runs $275.00 or so

The average temperature was 37 degrees according to our bill, last year at the same time it was 35 degrees. My wife predicted it would hit over $900 as she said there was a 30% increase in cost. There are just the two of us, we do not use a dishwasher, she seldom uses a clothes dryer and yes we have electric heat, we have a heat pump that we do not use when the temperature is below 32 degrees because we were told it is not energy efficient at that point 27 years ago when it was installed. In fact, we turn the sucker off for the winter.

Unless it’s super cold, I would give the heat pump a little exercise and turn off those strips.

are when up 150 dollars when we got the grand kids , 340 a month

Quit charging the e-car and shut off the mini split!

Buddies and I were just discussing this. All of our bills for medium sized houses, in town, in Mid-Michigan all ours went up +/- $150 last month compared to previous years. And its been real mild temps.

Consumers Energy, our provider, informed us to expect the increase and to minimize our use, especially for certain hours. They increased the rate from 8 am to 7 pm.

Got my thermostat programed to 63 during the day and 66 when were home.

Corporate greed combined with paying for green energy and less power plants.

My elc, was 40.27 and my heat bill was 55.97 last month. Have 4 freezers but live alone so that's help. Have a gas dryer gas cook stove gas heat.

Electric hot water? Electric Stove?

That price is insane.

Got a warning email from Duke Energy that mine was up $4 so far.

Our was $248, electric everything including a leaking hot water heater which just got replaced. Hoping the bill goes down next month.

Mine was $40 in November. (I don't use much power). It was 80 in Dec and 120 for January

Just think how high it will be in NY , when they REQUIRE everyone to switch over to all electric in their house.

That's crazy. How many cents per Kw are you paying?
I assume you're heating with electric, but are you leaving all your doors and windows open?

I just calculated that if I left ALL the heaters in my house on, plus the water heater and all the lights running 24 hours a day for a month it would cost me about $450.00 per month. You guys must either have really high electric rates, or very inefficient homes, or both in order to be paying nearly a grand a month.

27 year old heating system, you might want to upgrade, lol.

We have a budget deal here, they average you bill out so you just pay the same amount every month, no real low bills but no sky high one's like that either.

our elec. rates have stayed steady, .014/kwh.

Our most expensive months are Dec and Jan, usually about 1$150-$250.
But then in June and July we make a credit of $20-$50.

So for the whole year all of our energy costs are about $600-$800/yr.

All electric home except for wood heat, extra 900 sq ft work shop with elec. heat, 3 freezers, well pump, lift pump in septic, water softener, Iron filter, Dehumidifier in workshop, humidifier in house 2 adults home all the time, so we use more than most.

When we built our house we insulated well over code, made house very air tight. biggest use in energy is home heating/cooling.

Almost never run AC in summer.