2400 sq. ft. above grade

Dual zone with one AC unit (about 7 years old)

House is 50 years old but has many large trees around that shade it. We have also put more insulation in attic and basement has excellent insulation since remodeling 6 years ago.

Dominion electric $185 last month

keep thermostat at 76-77

It has never gone much over $200 in past 18 years, but we are having a hot summer so who knows.

By the time you pay back solar you are still negative

I know older houses don't do too well in winter. Really surprised that they don't do well in summer too.

Ouch. My wallet hurts. 1700-square-foot house, 85 years old. New double-pane windows, new attic insulation. $250/month May through September. 80 during the day and 76 at night. We turn off lights and appliances when not in use. Gas cooking and heat. What are we doing wrong???

Anonymous wrote:For those who do solar, where do you live and how did you do this? I'm in VA and Dominion doesn't appear to have a solar rooftop program -- it looks like I'd need to figure out how to purchase and interconnect rooftop panels....

Also, it matters how much solar costs. Please, if you got solar, post your installation costs.

8000 Sq ft home

$150 / month average.

5500 sq ft house, dual zone, maintains at 72 degree at all time.

06/29/17 BILLED $210.47
05/31/17 BILLED $160.60
05/01/17 BILLED $121.93
03/30/17 BILLED $114.32
03/01/17 BILLED $125.07
01/31/17 BILLED $123.41

$40 - 550sqft and my condo is faces SE - keeps very cool, I only run A/C at night weirdly enough.

Anonymous wrote:uh we just got hit with a $330 AC bill for our 1100 sq foot house for the past month.

$295 in bill that just arrived from Pepco.

5,000+ sq. foot home. 10 years old. 2-system programmable thermostats.

We both WOTH, but keep it quite cool once we're home (68-72) and on weekends..

pepco - 2800 sq ft at 71-74 degrees $365/mo.

For solar, it really depends on the state/locality. I'm in DC, which has good solar incentives and a well-established net-metering program.

uh we just got hit with a $330 AC bill for our 1100 sq foot house for the past month.

Just paid a $229 Pepco bill for our 1700 sq foot interior rowhouse! This is with the AC running pretty much 24/7 all month (DH is a polar bear).

between 80 - 140 at 68 - 71 degrees year round. 2500 SF. We have excellent insulation and energy efficient windows. Before that we lived in 1800 sf and paid average $275/month

Wow, I just paid $265 this month for a 2600 sq ft house. I have two AC units/dual zone. However they are probably 15 years old. Hopefully when I replace them, my electricity bills will go down. We set our thermostat to 80 in the daytime, 76 at night. We have kids and grandparents at home during the weekdays in the summertime, though. Still, mine seems pretty high.