Freaking Entergy Bill

[ScubaLatt]

Just got my home electric bill for last month -- $558.65 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Top Dawg]

Good lord dude. How big is yo crib. And how many chirrens u got lol. Dat sucks

[all star rod]

Mine over the summer runs right at 300 bucks.....how big is your house, mine is 2,300sqft.

[jdm4x43732]

Mine stays around 480$ for 2700 sq ft. Built in 1905 so not a lot of insulation. 3 central units. Could be worse 2 units are new High Efficiency!!!!!

[Top Dawg]

My little ole 1700 sf been runnin over $200. But that should change now dat mr Bobby from Bobbys coolin and heating done fixed a ***** AC. My shiz actually kicks off now.

[adamsfence]

Yall may won't to check on Ur insulation I probly won't go as far as most of you live but I install cellulose and I can help you with any questions Yall have

[ScubaLatt]

2250 s.f. living. my a/c runs constantly and hardly ever shuts off. most it ever was last summer was 425. house is 6 years old. brick.

[ScubaLatt]

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[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

Just got my home electric bill for last month -- $558.65 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel your pain. Between BECI and Westlake gas ours is about 650.00 per month. 7 tons of air into 5 zones. Gas everything that can be. 3524sqft living, built in 2007.

EVO

[wtretrievers]

1900 sq ft......avg is about $160 month. Have plenty of Ventilation in the roof!!!!!!!

[fishinpox]

When I build my new house I will use a 16 seer 2 stage Hvac system , foil tyvek instead of regular white (extra r-value 1) , I will silicone my bottom plate to slab instead of the foam pad, tech shield foil backed roof decking, open cell foam insulation in walls and closed cell on rafters . Seal all hvac ducts and boots with mastic. We did this same setup on a house
that was 4200 sqft area and
The owner says the electric bill is under 300 a month in the summer. And this is with gas water heaters not electric

["H"]

Just paid mine today.
2400 sq ft ranch
A/C runs all the time (wifey likes it cold), 2 fridges, swimming pool pump.
$425 ~ as hot as it's been everyday I didn't think it was too bad for 60's style ranch (low pitch roof).

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by wtretrievers

1900 sq ft......avg is about $160 month. Have plenty of Ventilation in the roof!!!!!!!

this is about what mine runs....brothers home is 2800sq ft and his only runs a little over 200.

my old house was only 1000 sq ft and it ran over 300 it had no insulation and no ventilation. put 2 whirly birds and insulated it and it droped to around 120.

[wtretrievers]

Pox I have a tech shield foiled back roof decking & metal roof which has a 3/4" air space between. It helps!!!!

[ShadMan]

Man, I have Entergy here in TX and I consistently run $200/mo for 3000sf with two pool pumps, a 1600sf garage with a couple battery chargers constantly running on cars I store, two hot water heaters, etc. and we've been over 100 every day for what seems like months now. What kwh rate do y'all have over there?

[fishinpox]

I put the tech shield on every house I do .... I don't give them an option I just budget for it , that foil tyvek works great also

[adamsfence]

is that the same stuff that roy o martin makes called eclipse that is what we used on mine. probly the same stuff just osb coverd in foil

[mriguy]

I just choose to not look at the bill, made the mistake of opening it one time, saw it was $500+ and haven't looked since. That was last year. CLECO sucks bad with the fuel surcharges

[samich]

Might want to have your hvac system checked . I work for a local hvac company and your electric heat strips might be on with the air ,I have this problem before just a little insight.

[ScubaLatt]

FALSE ALARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

The reason my dang bill was so high is that my automatic scheduled payment from July did not post. So, my bill is only around 265 this month. About where it should be. My Bad.

Which brings me to my next rant... Paperless billing. I was urged by my fuel cards to go paperless. Well it sounded good to me but when the reminder was emailed to me it went to my spam box and so i never paid my shell card for june. So, on my credit report -- BAM! 30 day late notice. pulled my score down about 50 points!