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Entergy bill keeps going up and up.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 8/29/17 at 12:34 pm
Moved into a one bedroom apartment and every single month, it's increased like five to seven dollars and now this month, it's 85 bucks. Can someone please help to get this down?
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Posted on 8/29/17 at 12:40 pm to knowingabyss
Summer months. During the winter I pay ~$25-30 a month. Last month I paid $170.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 12:43 pm to knowingabyss
Buy some led light bulbs and get some good curtains
Posted on 8/29/17 at 1:51 pm to bee Rye
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and get some good curtains
yep. they definitely help. i just put some up in my office and daughter's bedroom. makes a huge difference. we already replaced old leaky windows and doors, plus re-insulated attic. Good to have fans circulating air constantly also. helps regulate temperature in residence.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 2:10 pm to knowingabyss
-Offer to buy a cheap programmable thermostat, the ~$15-20 will save you much more than that.
-Buy curtains for your windows as someone said
-Lower tank water heater temp to lowest acceptable safe temp
-Buy LED/CFL lightbulbs to replace incandescent
-Adjust fridge/freezer temp
-Install a door sleeve to keep cold inside air from leaking
-Buy curtains for your windows as someone said
-Lower tank water heater temp to lowest acceptable safe temp
-Buy LED/CFL lightbulbs to replace incandescent
-Adjust fridge/freezer temp
-Install a door sleeve to keep cold inside air from leaking
Posted on 8/29/17 at 2:21 pm to knowingabyss
Lose some weight. You won't feel as hot.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 3:06 pm to knowingabyss
7 day programmable thermostat if you have a pretty normal schedule. Smart thermostat with geofencing if not. Crank that bastard up to 85 while you’re gone
Posted on 8/29/17 at 3:22 pm to RatLTrap
I've found that my bill stays much lower when I keep it 73 or below throughout the day.
Let it get in the upper 70s and it won't be able to keep up. Much electricity will be used to get it back to 70 at night.
$136 bill for half of July and first half of August. Small three bedroom house with 18 ft ceilings
Let it get in the upper 70s and it won't be able to keep up. Much electricity will be used to get it back to 70 at night.
$136 bill for half of July and first half of August. Small three bedroom house with 18 ft ceilings
This post was edited on 8/29/17 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 8/29/17 at 3:48 pm to knowingabyss
My last bill (large, old house in Lakeview) was almsot $400. Brutal, but that's the nature of the beast.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 5:07 pm to JetFuelTyga
Yeh, we're at $225 for August in a 2 br/1 ba house in Gentilly. Did the "bill compare" on Entergy's site and it's ~25% higher than last August, without any reason we can figure. shite is ridiculous.
Posted on 8/29/17 at 6:18 pm to Jwodie
Entergy is making large investments in transmission and generation, due to the massive growth in Lake Charles. That's going to have an impact on existing customer rates as the investments must be made before the new load comes online. You should be better off in the long run for it.
Posted on 8/30/17 at 7:37 am to bayoubengals88
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've found that my bill stays much lower when I keep it 73 or below throughout the day.
this defies some basic laws of physics.
do you have time of use rates where you live or is it a set rate?
Posted on 8/30/17 at 9:18 am to bayoubengals88
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Much electricity will be used to get it back to 70 at night.
Not true
Posted on 8/30/17 at 9:22 am to notsince98
Couldn't tell you. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But my bill is much lower this summer.
Posted on 8/30/17 at 9:25 am to knowingabyss
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Moved into a one bedroom apartment and every single month, it's increased like five to seven dollars and now this month, it's 85 bucks. Can someone please help to get this down?
Make sure you unplug all chargers for your phone/tablet, anything with a light than can be easily unplugged when not in use. When you leave make sure you turn off all your fans(fans do not make the temperature of the room any colder, just move air around.) and lights. Also get good blinds and curtains. Get a programmable thermostat to keep the AC off when you are not there but will turn on an hour or so before you get home, if it takes longer than that your house needs better insulation and you need a bigger AC unit.
Some of that seems kind of a hassle but, thats what my parents always did so of course I do it. My wife didn't and she would leave 3 chargers plugged up all day, fans running and the AC on all day. That lasted about 2 months. Power bill went from ~$250 to no more than $120 now. To me its worth doing all that stuff to save more than $100 a month.
Posted on 8/30/17 at 1:03 pm to dshort_bruh
^^what he said, as many chargers are vampires, drawing current & generating heat even when a device is not attached. Get a power strip, plug chargers into it, then you can simply switch off the whole strip when not in use.
+1 on the LED lights, which are a two-fer in hot climates: the bulbs use less electricity to generate light, and they also do not generate heat. If you can't afford to swap out all of your bulbs for LEDs, figure out the three or four lights you use the most and do those first.
Another good but simple tip: don't generate more heat while your house is already warm....meaning, do laundrry & run the clothes dryer either very late at night or very early in the AM when house is coolest, not right after work or before the sun goes down (when house is warmest). Ditto for the dishwasher--and switch to the air dry or fan dry cycle instead of the heated drying cycle.
2100 sq ft house, 4 years old: this August was my highest bill ever at $142. Good insulation & windows help; it only goes that high in deep summer. Lowest elec bill ever in this house was sub $20. All those little savings definitely add up.
+1 on the LED lights, which are a two-fer in hot climates: the bulbs use less electricity to generate light, and they also do not generate heat. If you can't afford to swap out all of your bulbs for LEDs, figure out the three or four lights you use the most and do those first.
Another good but simple tip: don't generate more heat while your house is already warm....meaning, do laundrry & run the clothes dryer either very late at night or very early in the AM when house is coolest, not right after work or before the sun goes down (when house is warmest). Ditto for the dishwasher--and switch to the air dry or fan dry cycle instead of the heated drying cycle.
2100 sq ft house, 4 years old: this August was my highest bill ever at $142. Good insulation & windows help; it only goes that high in deep summer. Lowest elec bill ever in this house was sub $20. All those little savings definitely add up.
Posted on 8/30/17 at 6:27 pm to dshort_bruh
I mean how much does leaving a couple phone chargers plugged in really increase your power bill? It's gotta be so insignificant compared to how much you use your AC and the insulation stuff
Posted on 8/31/17 at 9:57 am to knowingabyss
Love my solar panels. Wife (no pics) and kids are home all summer long, and the highest my bill gets is $120 a month. This is for 2,000 sq ft, 1.5 story with 20 ft ceiling in living area
Posted on 8/31/17 at 12:51 pm to hungryone
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2100 sq ft house, 4 years old
This is the primary reason you have low energy bills. Running dishwasher/dryer/washer etc at night is a good tip too, but let's not pretend you're saving anything more than a handful of cents per month by unplugging your chargers.
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