Power bill brag!

[Daffodil Mumma]

Wow!!! Nice work!!! Im cringing at the thought of our bill coming in

[~Lashes~]

woo hoo! that is awsome! my last one was over 700 to (in my defence 200 was well overdue) so i get were ya comming from!!
imagine what the next will be like!

[MrsBexie]

congratulations!!!
We have no air con so hoping our bills will be small here!

In wagga our power and gas bills were $900+ between me and my DH, that's it. Wagga prices were ridiculous, and it was 45 degrees for like 3 weeks...

[tellytubby]

Holy cow well done!!!!

Wish I could tolerate sweating my ring out... But I can't... Love my aircon far too much (yes, we live on the coast of queensland too, VERY humid)

[*TripleJ*]

well we are now without an aircon so i guess ours will be lower but we will have 2 fridges going and a dryer eeeeek our housemates like to use a dryer and we dont have an washing line which i am organising but it should be better than before

[raffy]

WTG clover nd co. thats a huge difference. well done

[Mum2Romone]

Well done CE I have to say has been surprisingly cheap. Our last one was about that much...

[Floweryfields]

Hmm, mine is usually around $300 and I DO use my aircon on weekends and evenings if it is hot...no dryer though.

[MummyNaomi]

Nice work Clover - we've been a bit more energy savvy for the last few bills too, but I am still envious of your $407.


Our highest ever bill was just over $1300 - eeek
It was DS's first summer (6 months old) and I was home all the time on mat leave - I nearly died when I opened the envelope!! Needed a payment extension for that one!!! Lately we are around the $600 mark, not too bad considering we still use our air con a fair bit

[Life is Good]

Well done! We also had a little "power bill victory" here. Our last one was a whopping $1100 and this one has come in at $680. Very happy with that!

[Indadhanu]

My average bill is $300-350... just, ya know, ... bragging as well LOL! And we use air-con sometimes too...

Congrats though, it is nice to get a little bill!

[Jewel]

Way to go! It's always a great feeling when your bills are so much less then last time.


xox

[~clover~]

Ha ha, don't forget thats with 2 adults, 4 kids, 2 fridges & a big hot water system that heats twice a day!
Now I know just how much my dryer used Haven't had air con for over 2 years.

I can also tell DH to suck my ...... next time he argues with me about leaving the TV on all night! I hate it with a passion!
(He doesn't know yet I recently set the timer on the new one to midnight )

I hate the humidity here & use the air con in the car. Add cloth nappies & rain at least 3 times a week during the warmer months & sometimes you have to use a dryer, but I've survived the past few months... JUST!!

I haven't had a bill under $600 in years. My highest was $1200 5 years ago when we tried to help some bludgers out. I'm actually still catching up from that on top of this $400.
Good to know I'm almost there though

JustMe - I'll have a look in the morning

[Gigi]

you HALVED your bill Clover? fantastic?

did you have an Energy Audit and make some changes? I'm about to find out, hopefully, if i can get an energy audit done for where i live. Last time i asked, i was ineligible, being a renter, but i was told today, that has changed, so will try again.

i use the timer on the A/c and the heaters. THe tower heaters are not cheap to run, so at least if i know it's on the timer, it can't be "left on" and once a small room has been heated up, it's pretty good. so don't need it on for a long time. the a/c doesn't do that, once it's been on for an hour, and then gets switched off, doesn't take long for room to feel hot again.

[~clover~]

No, didn't know about the audits. (Though our BINS are being audited this month sometime )

I think having a lap top, using my oven less, making sure lights aren't left on must've helped.

We have a new 42inch LED/LCD tv. Up graded from a 50cm old style & my dryer died. Thats the only real difference I can think of.

I know the dryer would've made a massive difference, but I guess lights, TV, etc use a lot more than I thought. I knew it wasn't good to leave lights on etc, but always shrugged it off, thinking they don't use a HUGE amount. Maybe they do?