My bill is up over the past five years, rate increases, five years ago it was 7.37 cents per kilowatt hour residential. It’s hard now to keep the monthly bill below $100.00 for a 1600 sf house unless I’m willing to endure uncomfortable temps, which are to me having heat less than 69 in winter and air over 74 in summer.
My house is more or less the same size as yours.
Our Electric averages around $100 per month, a little higher in winter when we use more lighting, less in summer.
We have natural gas heat, about $125 in cold months, down to $30 in summer when all we have is hot water.
No AC/ it gets below 60 nearly every night in summer. We are at 7400 feet.
Personally, I think we are getting ripped by both electric and gas, but what can a guy do?