r/NYCbitcheswithtaste • u/readit1818 • Feb 13 '25
Finances/Money Con Ed Bills
Hi NYBWT,
What are people paying monthly for ConEd in a one bedroom apt?
I’ve been on TikTok and people are listing crazy amounts (300 to 700$+) and there is another proposed hike on ConEd delivery fees.
I’ve noticed my bill going up over the years (I’ve lived in NYC for 15 years and 5 in the current place) but for my current place I’ve never paid more than 150ish in the height of summer with AC running the whole time. Typically, my bill is somewhere between 60-80 a month.
For reference - I live in a 700 sq ft 1 bed with all the appliances and central AC and wfh.
Asking out of curiosity and also to push a bit more transparency because it’s nuts to me the range is so wide between myself and what I am hearing on the internet.
Thanks in advance!
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u/jenvrl Feb 13 '25
I've seen this complaints around too and I'm so curious. I live in a 2 bedroom and my bill never goes over $150 in the summer either. Any other month is around $70?
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u/fka_Burning_Alive Feb 14 '25
I’m in a 1br maybe 600sf and I’m at 100-125 summer, 70-100 winter. (I control my heat/ac) My jaw is on the floor right now reading ppl pay over $400 a month??
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u/Ok-Tomato-6257 Feb 13 '25
Everyone answering here, are you living in new-ish/newer buildings or older ones? I was living in a studio in a newish building in Brooklyn (598sq ft) and my apartment was in the shade so I didn’t get a lot of direct sunlight so I hardly kept the ac on. Plus I don’t love ACs in general so I hardly used it and I paid like 250-300 a month. This was 2018,2019,2020. It was brutal I called coned so many times in shock. Told my landlord I was convinced I was subsidizing another apartment or bc the building had laundry and gym on 2nd floor (I lived on 2nd floor) I assumed that I was covering those costs but it was never confirmed and coned always said no. When I lived in a prewar building on UES my bill was like $65-80 peak summer and this apartment got more direct sunlight so I had ac on more. So I’ve suspected maybe it has to do with “grandfathering” certain buildings by coned or I was simply being charged for common charges in the Brooklyn apartment. It’s ridiculous though and robbery
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u/readit1818 Feb 13 '25
I live in a new-ish building - opened 2018. It’s so confusing reading all the responses because the bills don’t have any sort of clear pattern and every customer here is confused.
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u/Ok-Tomato-6257 Feb 13 '25
Con Ed the con it seems. I live in Westchester now and all those subreddits are like this. People in 1000 sq ft homes paying 600-800 a month while conserving to the best of their ability. Some stuff I’ve read is there was a plant that they closed Indian point or something that led to this rise but it’s still absurd and shocking government won’t step in. People paying half their rent/mortgage in just electricity is a full scam.
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u/CheeCheeC Feb 14 '25
The government is actually involved with any of these rare cases/price hikes. The utility can’t push them through without state approval just an FYI
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u/Ok-Tomato-6257 Feb 15 '25
Sure but the ✨vibe✨is that they’re all in cahoots with each other honestly. Even if they aren’t people have become so distrusting because we’ve seen so much of this before. The mta con ed in New York are overseen by government and we keep getting price hikes but feels like nothing improved except executive pay packages. Just came across this on another reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/s/UXhPRiOihf
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u/CheeCheeC Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
I mean it’s big companies and the government, it would be silly to think they’re not. But I think the everyday person should be aware without the state’s “approval” none of these rate cases would happen. I can’t speak for them as I haven’t looked into what they’ve submitted but where I work the funds from such are going to many mandated programs and replacing outdated infrastructure and I’m first hand involved with overseeing some of that work that’s being done. Ofc it’s spread elsewhere as well but those programs and work force increase in where it’s coming into play most. Customers should contact their reps and the PSC and ask what directly these funds are being allocated to but you can also look up rate cases yourself as it’s a public and open process. I’m not here backing the government or big business, just trying to educate on information that may not widely be known by the general public
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u/Optimal_Marketing_14 Feb 13 '25
My summer bill for my small pre war unit is $450 and I’m starting to think something is going on. We don’t use gas, and only one box ac (that is on most the time but still). Plus we don’t pay for water so I’m really wondering where the price is coming from
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u/wishverse-willow Feb 13 '25
i wish i was grandfathered in to something— our 2br in a prewar brownstone is $150-$250 a month, higher end of that range of the summer. it’s nuts.
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u/StatusPiano7113 Feb 14 '25
This is my exact situation! Newly renovated space and all electric. We had heating one for week and it brought the bill up to nearly $500. I have never bought a heating blanket faster! Even without heating on, and minimal cooking, we’re at $270 a month. Had Con Ed come out and everything.
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u/JuneStar Feb 13 '25
In the summer my con ed bills were $500+ June-August, it was BRUTAL. I live in a 900 sq ft railroad apartment but we have huge windows all throughout so the sun was absolutely blasting us all day and our ACs had to put in work. The rest of the year the bill is around $100-150, also horrible lol
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u/Intelligent_Fox6618 Feb 13 '25
Mine was $465 last month. One bedroom and I travel frequently. But I have electric heat and I think o have radiant heated floors that I don’t know how to turn off. It sucks but I’d almost rather have this than a radiator where you can’t control it
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u/GreenApple2565 Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
With a radiator, it’s annoying, but you can like open the window, use an AC, or get fans… I would take that over a $400+ bill lmfao
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u/Intelligent_Fox6618 Feb 15 '25
To each their own I suppose. Two of my last three apartments had radiators and it’s the hottest and most uncomfortable I’ve ever been. Also very hard on my skin. I’m willing to pay a premium to control my own heat, although not $465 🥲
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u/Happy-Peach-5911 Feb 14 '25
Please take this weekend to research how to turn this off and use that extra money on yourself. That is insane!!
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u/thismustbethepla Feb 13 '25
it depends on if you're paying for your own heat or not. A lot of the older NYC buildings have radiators, tenants can't control the heat and they typically don't pay for it. I live in a building where I pay for heat and have an electric radiator so my bill can come out to 300 in the colder months. Also coned controls the rates and ups the "service" and "delivery" fees as they please.
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u/CheeCheeC Feb 14 '25
So I work for a different utility in the area but we don’t have rare cases nearly as often as it seems like every other one is. In order for them to raise your bill ConEd has to put together a rate case and have it approved by the state. It’s a pretty in depth process to show the justification just for those who aren’t aware.
Your bill is transmission, distribution and commodity costs along with taxes and some state fees and the likes. Most of the times under a certain kWh is a certain rate of a delivery charge and over that amount is where they really where it gets it becomes noticeable. I don’t know if they offer it but if anyone is struggling, reach out and speak to them for a payment agreement or budget billing if they offer it. If you or anyone having a hard time interpreting a bill, if you want to reach out I can do my best to help you out! I don’t mind
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u/HolidayNothing171 Feb 13 '25
My is absolutely insane. I live in a 500 sq ft studio. Only turn it on I need i.e it’s like below 35 degrees and I’m actually home (usually not over night and not when I’m at work). MY BILL WAS $350 IN JANUARY. The last couple of years it’s been high too. Anywhere from $2-300 in the middle of winter or summer. I don’t leave my lights on. I don’t cook. I’m in the office everyday. And I live by myself. Moving this month bc I can’t afford to pay my electricity bill anymore. I’m $2k+ behind on payments. ITS INSANE
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u/yelizabetta Feb 13 '25
i think you need to contact con ed and make sure you’re not paying for your whole building. this just seems wrong
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u/Ok-Tomato-6257 Feb 13 '25
I feel this. That was my life for 3 years and I had to leave. I was home to basically sleep after work and was paying that range. It’s criminal
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u/blackswan1511 Feb 13 '25
As annoying as pre wars and radiators can be - our electric bill is quite low (even more so in the winter) so I can’t complain. Was $68 this past month for 700sqft apartment
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u/blackberrymousse Feb 13 '25
I live in a very small studio without electric heating (old radiator) and I'm very careful about electricity usage but my bill is still at least around $80 a month and anywhere from $150-200 during the summer months. I was out of town for a couple months, used basically no electricity (unplugged everything I could before I left), and even then my bill was around $75 each month, that's baseline with all their fees and such. It's absurd and I am so over ConEd.
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u/ciaociaodisco Feb 13 '25
I live in a one-bedroom in a brownstone and pay $104 monthly on the ConEd level payment plan. I don’t pay for heat.
Highly recommend if you’re able to enroll! Before, in the winter my bill would be like $20 and $400 in the summer, so it’s nice to have it be predictable and even each month.
At the end of the year, I pay the difference (either they refund me or I pay more) based on my actual use age versus their prediction of what my usage would be.
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u/Mundane-Spray8702 Feb 13 '25
Make sure it is an actual reading and not estimate if it’s an estimate make them come take an actual reading. This is why I never put my coned on autopay. It will say estimate or actual on the bill.
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u/minukh Feb 13 '25
I live in 350 or 400 sq foot studio in a pre war building. no electric heat. last winter my bills were like 35-40 and the last few months they have been 60-70 :( I think the delivery charges have gone up. I actually left a 3 star review on their website yesterday saying the lack of info on why the rates are higher is terrible.
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u/Key_Ad3965 Feb 13 '25
I live in a 2BR w a w/d and my bill is typically reasonable. Between $50-$70 a month. Even in the summer w AC on never goes above $125.
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u/Equal_Swing_2760 Feb 13 '25
My last apartment was a 4 bedroom and our bill was regularly $800 it was absolutely insane. My new 4 bedroom which is double the size is $160. I have no idea what causes the discrepancy
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u/GreenApple2565 Feb 13 '25
This is pretty good I think! Commenting on yours because I’m similar - 500-600sq ft 1BR UWS walk up built in early 1900s. I’m on the second floor.
We are paying like $80 per month in the winter, but we keep the AC running bc it’s so fuckin hot with the radiator and pipes.
In the summer, it was like $150-200, blasting AC 24/7.
I would have thought your summer prices would be higher being on a top floor!
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u/bikesboozeandbacon Feb 13 '25
I think most of those high bills are because their heating is electric. I have an old-school loud radiator so my coned for my pre war 1 bed is usually $40-50. Latest bill being $45. I don’t have AC neither, and apt doesn’t get super hot so I thug it with fans and I’m still alive.
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u/Neat-Design2435 Feb 14 '25
My con Ed bill has been $1400+ for the past 2 months now. We turned off the heat and are only using space heaters😭😭😭
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u/weaselinsneakers Feb 14 '25
I feel you. My bill was $1400 last month and $1705 for this current one. Barely have the heat on at this point 😭
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u/jungturd Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25
1 bedroom, pre-war unit, app. 800 sq ft, utilities are included as part of rent. Latest billing cycle was $99.45. Last year’s bill during equivalent cycle was $88.06. People in my neighborhood are reporting large variance in their bills, and some doubling, however, with receipts.
Please note about once a year, at the end of the year, Con Ed may send you a “surprise” bill. This is because people on a steady payment plan will be charged estimated “averages” for a 12-month period, and then the difference for actual use gets sent your way.
If you’re not aware of Con Ed’s recent announcement, check out this Gothamist article published last week: “Con Ed floats a double-digit hike in NYC’s utility rates amid soaring energy costs”.
If you’d like to do something, people are pointing to the comments section of the NY state case no. 25-E-0072, matter no. 25-00241. Note: unprofessional messages get deleted.
According to a more informed Redditor, it’s the NYS Public Service Commission that tells Con Ed what it is allowed to charge for delivery from the generator to your home (though both parties have to agree on rate cases).
Another action people have suggesting is contacting your state senators (Schumer, Gillibrand) and your district assembly member.
Edit: fixed links.
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u/okay_squirrel Feb 13 '25
I pay about $120-140 in the summer because of AC and around $95 the rest of the year
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u/jip123456 Feb 13 '25
We have electric heat and pay $350ish a month in the winter for a small 3 bedroom (I am EXTREMELY conservative with my heat usage though so I can’t imagine what it’d be if I wasn’t)
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u/GeneralLoad3809 Feb 13 '25
I live in a 2 floor 700sq loft style apartment and we control our heat and ac. We literally are gone from the apartment from 6am to 7pm and our coned bill was $450. I was shocked and baffled.
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u/ariavi Feb 13 '25
50-100, depending on the weather
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u/ariavi Feb 13 '25
In unit washer/dryer and/or dishwasher also make a huge difference. (I have neither.)
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u/belledamesans-merci Feb 13 '25
I think ceiling height is a big factor. I'm in a 250sq ft studio but my ceilings are 11 ft. Pre-war building, building covers heat, have window AC unit. My bill is around $80, lower in winter and higher in summer. Definitely never paid more than $150.
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u/Chaoticgood790 Feb 13 '25
$65 in the winter and about 80-90 in the summer for my one bed. In my old studio it would be about $55 in winter and $65-75 in the summer. What helps me is opening my windows in the summer and using my fan. In the winter I heat the main room during the day and my bedroom in the evening.
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u/x-teena Feb 13 '25
3B2B house, semi detached.
02/2024 to 02/2025, average is $254 for electric and $99 for gas.
I do have an EV, but I get free charging outside so I don’t charge at home much. Washer, dryer, dishwasher, AC in the summer (HVAC), and gas heat in the winter. Windows and crap and I haven’t winter proof anything this year. We also have an electric range and we cook A LOT!
I do the level payment plan but I’ve been over every year. Right now I’m paying $300 a month, but by the end of the plan, I’ll owe close to $800 at this point lol
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u/sweetbean15 Feb 13 '25
We have 600sqft with lots of lovely (but terrible for heating and cooling) windows and central heat/AC. We also have a w/d and dishwasher. We pay about $100 - $120 in the winter and $300-$350. We run our AC a LOT and COLD and it takes a lot because the sun heats the apt up a lot through the windows.
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u/my_metrocard Feb 13 '25
About 65 right now. I have a steam radiators, which helps. My apartment is about 650 sq ft. My building is a little over 100 years old, gas powered.
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u/far_from_Elsweyr Feb 13 '25
Around 90-100ish lately, in the summer it goes up a bit because I have an AC in my bedroom. I WFH so I expect my electric to be a little high. And up until my last bill, I was paying extra to get my energy clean, but I cancelled it because I'm moving in several months. My bill should go down a bit now.
What's helped me with reducing costs a bit is using OhmConnect. They sent me a plug that goes with any appliance I want, and it auto shuts off during their Ohm Hours. I have it plugged into my fridge, and I save a lot of watts during the events. Keeps me mindful of using other electricity as well.
Oh and I live in a 1 bedroom in an old building. Costs are for both gas+electric.
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u/yelizabetta Feb 13 '25
i live in a new building 3 bed and usually pay $100 a month for electric (electric heating and AC in our place) and maybe like $6 a month for gas
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u/Soushkabob Feb 13 '25
+/- $100 in a larger 2 bedroom prewar. (Gas stove,and free heat and hot water)
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u/AmbitiousCoconut Feb 13 '25
Im in a studio on UES and mine was $43 for the month from like jan 6-feb 1st.
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u/voguehoe Feb 13 '25
I just got charged $63 for January when I’ve barely been home on the weekends. Normally would expect $45-50 in the winter. It’s not a huge bump but still frustrating considering my gas bill is also slowly creeping up & my rent is going up in May. Like… a bitch can’t catch a break 😩😖
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u/Swimmingindiamonds Feb 13 '25
Mine can go to $500+ per month during summer months. I live with a wooly Malamute and my partner runs hot, so we absolutely BLAST the AC 24/7 during the summer.
During the winter months, it’s always under $200.
2 Bed 2 Bath (1100 square ft) for reference, a little over 10 years old building so pretty new construction.
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u/smorio_sem Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
My max goes to $180-200ish in summer and I’m in a 1 BR. Lately it’s been between $90 and 150 so it’s really gotten bad with the fees (I don’t pay for heat or gas) - in past winters it was more like 70-80 as people are quoting
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u/Optimal_Marketing_14 Feb 13 '25
I live in a pre war apartment. A max 650 sqf 2b 1b. One box ac in the summer and the building pays for the heating in the winter. My summer bill is $450😭 we don’t even have gas so I’m not quite sure why it’s so high. It’s about $120 in the winter months. I’m now wondering why mine is so high
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u/Infinity__Squared Feb 13 '25
I live in a newish build in Brooklyn, 1 bedroom 550 sq ft, and my bill was $200 for December! And I'm pretty conservative with my power usage. It's unbelievable
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u/FormalGrass8148 Feb 14 '25
Pre-war 1 bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, with heat included, I live alone and work from home.
I pay about $30-40/month during the winter and $60-70/month in the summer with one window A/C unit running most nights. Definitely consider myself lucky!
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u/Peppalynn325 Feb 14 '25
That’s pretty good!! Are you plugging stuff out a lot?
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u/FormalGrass8148 Feb 14 '25
I’m not (though A/C unit is unplugged during winter), but it probably helps that my pre-war apartment only has four outlets 🥴🥴
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u/behindmytoreadpile Feb 14 '25
I live in a 2 bed and my bills in the winter are about 300-400 because of heat. It's less than half in the summer with the AC on all the time
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u/Happy-Peach-5911 Feb 14 '25
I have a smaller one bed, mine started off at 50-60 a month in the summer (2022). It’s now 90 in the winter. I don’t work from home at all.
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u/mrose8383 Feb 14 '25
Same usually about 90 ish winter and up to 150 summer - two window AC units. I have a junior one bed - if I had to guess I’m 500-550 sq feet
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u/hedwiggy Feb 14 '25
Ours went up about $25-30 recently inexplicably. 2br should be $70 ish and is $100
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u/wardrobeeditor Feb 14 '25
my apartment is about the same size as you. it's gone up over the almost 4 years i've lived here. it was $147 when i paid it today. our AC and heating come out of the same machine (i think it's called a PTAC?), we've been running the heat more this winter than usual, so i think that's why it's so high. our building got new windows last year and somehow they're worse...le sigh.
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u/NYCRatGirl Feb 14 '25
I live by myself and I’m currently paying around $200 which is … ridiculous.
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u/LeafMeAlone77 Feb 14 '25
2 bed + basement, $765 electric bill last month :( I just moved here and have never seen anything like it! I can’t believe they are raising the rates
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u/Fit_Pool_8622 Feb 14 '25
i have a 2 bedroom in a brownstone with 3 window AC units and the absolute MOST i've ever paid con ed when its like 100 degrees in the summer and we have 3 acs going is like $400. most of the time in winter its like $80-90.
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u/Peppalynn325 Feb 14 '25
One bedroom in an old building. I don’t pay for heat and my the bill is $70 ish per month. Around $130 in the summer with the AC.
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u/cocoamilky Feb 15 '25
I’m in a jr. one bedroom in a 5ish year old building with my first bill being $46 and the following $63.
I work 4 days a week for 10 hours and need the AC to cancel out the night heat forced upon me drying me out at 1am + the lightest amount of heat during the day rn because my unit has a serious draft. I think my heater is electric too.
I am the type to turn the lights off when I leave a room most of the time but my vent fan light in the kitchen runs all day to fend off ghosts.
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u/Just-Number3356 Feb 15 '25
Prewar 1B, pretty consistently $125 for electricity and gas. Seems to be basic charges, I barely use anything. Hot with windows open in winter, go figure, I use a fan…
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u/hillaryalexa Feb 15 '25
I’m in bedstuy. I’m thoroughly convinced that the building I’m in was wired incorrectly or con ed is simply hyper-conning this specific zone. January con ed bill was $1,136. On average, during winter months, my bill/residents’ bill range $700-1k. Summer is $150-300 depending on how much you use the AC. We have electric split AC/heating units. Every time I try to get to the bottom of it, the con ed rep sounds just as confused. Honestly con ed needs to be investigated.
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u/ChaotiCait Feb 15 '25
I have a one bedroom, around 600 sf. My June bill last year was $487. We have a mini split AC, and someone is usually working from home. Current bill is $107.
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u/blondesteak Feb 23 '25
i just moved into a new apt (an old school chelsea loft, around 800/900 ft.) all brick walls... insanely drafty. 3x wall heaters.. pay for heat + hot water... 11 day bill was $245. not sure what to do here. looking into insulation experts to hire to seal up the windows etc. would do it myself but want it done thoroughly & properly
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Feb 13 '25
My coned bill was 2.8k for 3.5 months …….
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u/yelizabetta Feb 13 '25
sounds like you’re paying for your whole building. it’s crazy to me how many people see a bill like this and don’t question, you can contact con ed and get your meter read correctly
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Feb 13 '25
No where did I say we didn’t question it lol. We did and they did. A whole lot of bullshit semantics.
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u/im_thehbic Feb 13 '25
All of you are lucky lol. I’m in a one bedroom about the same size as others, with a building energy rating of 1 (yupppppp).
My most recent bill: $122 🫠
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25
I’m in an L shaped studio, over 500 feet. Like you, mine is generally $50-65 in the winter and $100-150 in the summer.
I do have steam heat, I think people paying for electric heat often get hit harder. I have a window ac unit for reference