“My last electric bill was over $500. I winced.”
Whoa! I’m on an averaging plan - $164/month, 2 people, small (1600 sf) house, no pool, daytime AC @ 75 degrees.
I pay $90/month in the winter time. Bigger house (home office) and all four of us are home all the time, so we can’t raise the temperature during the day in summer.
We keep our AC at 77. We may just have an older, less efficient system in our rental home.