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First Year of Electric Bill

February 6th, 2025 at 02:05 am

The other day, I saw some local folks complaining about their high electric bills.  I have been here just barely a year now, and I admit I haven't been paying much attention to my electric bill.  I signed up for automatic payments (to my Citi MC) and budget billing right from the get-go.  I thought that it was time I took a look.  Here is what has actually been charged to my card thus far:

1/24/2024 42.00
2/22/2024 157.00
3/22/2024 157.00
4/23/2024 157.00
5/22/2024 70.00
6/21/2024 70.00
7/23/2024 70.00
8/22/2024 70.00
9/20/2024 104.00
10/22/2024 104.00
11/20/2024 104.00
12/23/2024 104.00
1/24/2025 163.00

That first charge of $42 is for a partial month.  Ignoring the partial month, I have averaged just over $110 per month for electric this year.  However, by actually reading my latest bill, I see that I am "behind" $484.  I'm not certain why they don't take any overage or shortage into their calculation when the monthly payment adjusts.  Wouldn't that make sense? So if I had been paying for my actual usage, I would have averaged $150 per month.  I think that is quite reasonable.  

Last year, my payment dropped significantly from April to May.  If that happens this year, I am going to call and ask them to please leave it at $163.  I want to whittle away that $484.

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6 Responses to “First Year of Electric Bill”

  1. Lots of ideas Says:
    February 6th, 2025 at 07:58 am 1738828688
    1738828688

    Do you have electric heat?
    It will be very interesting to see what the May adjustment is.

  2. Petunia100 Says:
    February 6th, 2025 at 11:51 am 1738842708
    1738842708

    Yes, I do have electric heat. I don't get a gas bill at all.

  3. rob62521 Says:
    February 6th, 2025 at 05:27 pm 1738862837
    1738862837

    I'd say even at $150 for all electric heat, you did very well. If you are on Ameren, they will readjust your budget billing for the net year whenever yours starts. But I'd look for higher bills. We are on a co-op and they are raising our bills 16% overall due to higher costs and of course higher demand due to more energy being used by so many things.

  4. Petunia 100 Says:
    February 7th, 2025 at 06:56 pm 1738954615
    1738954615

    Yes, I fully expect rates to go higher in the future. I do have Ameren. In my area, Homefield Energy is the supplier unless you opt out. I opted out and have Ameren for both delivery and supply.

  5. PatientSaver Says:
    February 9th, 2025 at 07:32 pm 1739129577
    1739129577

    I was going to say these seem a bit high, or at least, as high as what I'm used to here on the East Coast, but since you also have electric heat, I'd say that's really not too bad (by our standards).

  6. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    February 25th, 2025 at 12:25 am 1740443141
    1740443141

    Good deal.

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