I don’t run the heat or or use a dryer. I save over 1500 KW each month. I can’t afford electricity rates now! It’s getting down to the 20’s tonight. You can bet the fire will be burning especially tomorrow morning. I don’t know how you folks up north can take this weather OR afford it!
We use the AC most of the year here in S Texas. I rarely use the heat. I have a fireplace and we do have a fire on really cold nights. I have some little electric space heaters for bathroom or kitchen, so I don’t need to turn the heat up so high. My gas heating bill runs $20 in summer and $50 in winter.
My electric bill when the AC is running, well don’t ask, it is huge. I budget and cut out everything else in order to afford my AC. We have allergies and need it to keep the indoors air clean and free of mold and allergens.
We decided if rates go up too high we will put a window unit AC in a couple of rooms and we just won’t use the central AC. The problem with that is people will break in at those windows where the window unit AC is. That has been in the local news a lot lately. Plus the AC units are being stolen too. We have 7 - 8 months here where we use the AC at least part of the day.
Be careful! We’ve had several fires here with temps in single digits.
We don’t use dryer either; we’ve been using portable kerosene heater around clock to keep warm and save NRG.