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in your experience

Mar 28, 2008 23:28

...what does electricity cost ( Read more... )

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seiresea March 29 2008, 03:43:53 UTC

you can ask the landlord to give you 3 years of electric bills. NIMO maintains those files and even charts it.

In my experience... akura_no_oka March 29 2008, 03:58:53 UTC

We pay about $40 for the electric in our 2-bedroom. As of last year (we have it included in our rent now) cable and internet package through Time Warner starts at about $60 then jumps to about $90 once the introductory offer ends. Hope I was helpful. ^_^

midnyghtchilde March 29 2008, 04:09:07 UTC

My boyfriend and I are in Guilderland, moved here in July ( ... )

akura_no_oka March 29 2008, 04:57:15 UTC

O_o Dude, I live in Loudon Arms...how the hell was the electric bill $85? Ours has never gone over $50...

midnyghtchilde March 29 2008, 05:01:43 UTC

No idea. He only mentioned it when he first moved in in like, September. He roommate at the time was a mega-douche, who liked to leave EVERYTHING ON ALL THE DAMN TIME, srsly. Like he'd go take a shower with no one home and leave the TV on, or leave the apartment, with no one else home, and leave the lights on. I would suspect that didn't help.

My friend is also a gamer (as am I) and thusly has several systems plugged in and used nightly, and a fairly nice gaming PC rig which probably draws some decent power. So probably a combination of things, I assume.

Oh and he has a window AC unit which I think, since September was still fairly warm and they're the second floor, was running a lot. (He keeps the damn room an ice box).

Or mebbe yer just lucky?

irisira03 March 29 2008, 15:09:52 UTC

I was going to say, do you have a flat screen tv or a LOT of computer equipment? Because that will do it. And turning it off at night really won't save you a lot. When my BF got his flat screen, his electric bill doubled.

oldsghoul March 29 2008, 05:10:46 UTC

How big is the apt? I had a large 1 bedroom across from the park. My heat was free, my water and electric in the winter were ~$75 month. But heat's going up again, so it may be more.

lusenok March 29 2008, 13:42:17 UTC

Internet only is $45 (Road Runner after promotion period).
Electricity - in my friends' 3 br apartment it's about $60.
Mine takes on average $130/month because of electric heating.
Cable - no idea.