What is causing my absurd electric bill?
We just purchased a house two months ago. So far, our first bill was $600. Our electric and ac electric are separated, 1637kW/h and 1365kW/h respectively that month. We did go through a heat wave and our ac was low. This month, our AC has been set to 76, with outdoor temps averaging around 82-85.
This month, we are averaging 44kW/h (house) and 29kW/h (AC). Last month was 48kW/h (house) and 40kW/h (AC). We are still on track to be around $500 for our electric bill this month.
Water heater is gas. The AC does seem to run a lot, but that’s still not explaining why our house is using so much electric. We do have a garage fridge, if that makes any difference. We also recently changed all of our basement lights to LEDs.
We are having our electric company out tomorrow so any insight would be greatly appreciated.