$500 Monthly SDG&E Bill (How to reduce?)

[PCinSD]

[quote=flu]
Do you use your oven a lot? Is your fridge always running (if so, why aren’t you chasing after it…hark hark hark. sorry, couldn’t resist). If your fridge is always running, it means you are probably either setting the temp too low OR are packing the fridge so tight that it’s no longer efficient).

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Several years ago I had a guy from SDG&E come to my apartment to see how it could be made more energy efficient. It was a free program if you qualified. He told me to keep more stuff in my refrigerator to make it more efficient. A fridge will have to keep turning on to maintain a certain temperature. It will need to do this less if it is full of cold food/liquids rather than just perpetually cooling an empty box. Makes sense.

[Noob]

Wow! My electric bill last month was $23. I’m single and travel for work. It pays big time to never be home!

[Noob]

Wow! My electric bill last month was $23. I’m single and travel for work. It pays big time to never be home!

[Noob]

Wow! My electric bill last month was $23. I’m single and travel for work. It pays big time to never be home!

[Noob]

Wow! My electric bill last month was $23. I’m single and travel for work. It pays big time to never be home!

[Noob]

Wow! My electric bill last month was $23. I’m single and travel for work. It pays big time to never be home!

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=leucadiarenter]then why does SDGandE recommend this to reduce your monthly bill?[/quote]

They don’t recommend this to lower your monthly bill.

They recommend this so that some usage is shifted away from peak hours, resulting in less energy production required to meet peak demand and to avoid blackouts.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=leucadiarenter]then why does SDGandE recommend this to reduce your monthly bill?[/quote]

They don’t recommend this to lower your monthly bill.

They recommend this so that some usage is shifted away from peak hours, resulting in less energy production required to meet peak demand and to avoid blackouts.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=leucadiarenter]then why does SDGandE recommend this to reduce your monthly bill?[/quote]

They don’t recommend this to lower your monthly bill.

They recommend this so that some usage is shifted away from peak hours, resulting in less energy production required to meet peak demand and to avoid blackouts.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=leucadiarenter]then why does SDGandE recommend this to reduce your monthly bill?[/quote]

They don’t recommend this to lower your monthly bill.

They recommend this so that some usage is shifted away from peak hours, resulting in less energy production required to meet peak demand and to avoid blackouts.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=leucadiarenter]then why does SDGandE recommend this to reduce your monthly bill?[/quote]

They don’t recommend this to lower your monthly bill.

They recommend this so that some usage is shifted away from peak hours, resulting in less energy production required to meet peak demand and to avoid blackouts.

[jficquette]

You can figure out how much each appliance costs you per hour of use. We had a discussion on the cost of a Pool and I found a site where you can figure it.

If you wish, you can post the wattage each appliance uses and I can run the numbers.

If you want to do it yourself then here is a simple exercise.

Say an appliance takes 100 watts and you run it 1 hour a day and the cost per kilowatt hour (on your sd&g) is 20 cents per hour.

So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.

Let me know if you want help with it.

John

PS Actually you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier. Make the columns Appliance, wattage, Hours of use, Kilowats used, cost per Kilowatt, total cost.

[jficquette]

You can figure out how much each appliance costs you per hour of use. We had a discussion on the cost of a Pool and I found a site where you can figure it.

If you wish, you can post the wattage each appliance uses and I can run the numbers.

If you want to do it yourself then here is a simple exercise.

Say an appliance takes 100 watts and you run it 1 hour a day and the cost per kilowatt hour (on your sd&g) is 20 cents per hour.

So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.

Let me know if you want help with it.

John

PS Actually you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier. Make the columns Appliance, wattage, Hours of use, Kilowats used, cost per Kilowatt, total cost.

[jficquette]

You can figure out how much each appliance costs you per hour of use. We had a discussion on the cost of a Pool and I found a site where you can figure it.

If you wish, you can post the wattage each appliance uses and I can run the numbers.

If you want to do it yourself then here is a simple exercise.

Say an appliance takes 100 watts and you run it 1 hour a day and the cost per kilowatt hour (on your sd&g) is 20 cents per hour.

So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.

Let me know if you want help with it.

John

PS Actually you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier. Make the columns Appliance, wattage, Hours of use, Kilowats used, cost per Kilowatt, total cost.

[jficquette]

You can figure out how much each appliance costs you per hour of use. We had a discussion on the cost of a Pool and I found a site where you can figure it.

If you wish, you can post the wattage each appliance uses and I can run the numbers.

If you want to do it yourself then here is a simple exercise.

Say an appliance takes 100 watts and you run it 1 hour a day and the cost per kilowatt hour (on your sd&g) is 20 cents per hour.

So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.

Let me know if you want help with it.

John

PS Actually you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier. Make the columns Appliance, wattage, Hours of use, Kilowats used, cost per Kilowatt, total cost.

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