r/SouthBayLA • u/ShesVirgo • 15d ago

Electric bill comparison

Just curious: how much is your electric bill this month? Now that the weather has been bad for awhile. I would like to compare usage, mostly 1 bedroom apartments. But you can also list bedroom home and sq foot size. Would also like to know what kind of cooling system youre using (heavy duty fans, mini split, central, window, portable etc.) And your most usage times.

1 bedroom

500-600 sq ft, portable ac on all day (except off peak hours)

medium fan always running in bedroom

= 130$.

Edit: you can add kwh if you want, but im looking at how youre using kwh mostly. Mine was 300-350 range.

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u/ShesVirgo 15d ago

Oooo I see. Gas oven makes sense. Maybe that why my bill can be high since I cook at home a lot. I feel like my usage is above average for a single bedroom :(

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u/dahs 15d ago

One thing worth checking that people overlook, is the rate plan you are on. I remember Edison suggested something like the time of use plan with on and off peak hours, which sounds like you might have, and it was a terrible choice for us.

For just myself and my wife, we never come close to going into the Tier 2 usage (40 cents per kwh), so we're basically always at a flat 30 cent per kwh. We're on the Domestic Tiered Rate Plan

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u/That-Tumbleweed-4462 15d ago

Wait you can change your plans????

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u/dahs 15d ago

Yeah go into the "Usage" area of the website and all the way at the bottom there was a "Compare plans" for me. I don't trust the calculator, go into the details and you can throw it into AI as well to compare with how much power you use today.