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    Posted: 19 June 2009 at 8:32pm
I got our latest power bill in the mail today and almost died when I saw it. $327.64 for 32 days which is apparently $11.38/day. It's about $100 more than it usually is. Is anyone else's bill this large? I am constantly making sure lights are off, wear a jumper through the day and only turn the heat pump on about mid-afternoon etc etc and still it is that high. I don't know if I want to see what the next one looks like
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Yup, ours was. We use our fireplace as our main source of heating, and have the oil heater on for about 2 hours a day to warm Jacksons room. Im dreading next months as last year in our June/July bill we had a $700 one Its just ridiculous!
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I hate to think what our next power bill will be as we have been using our heater all day everyday for last week or so.

I have heard that turning your heat pump on & off costs more than leaving it going to keep your room at a set temperature rather than turning it on to get it to a certain temp then turning it off.
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We got ours today, 311 which is a 130 jump up from last month. It's just ridiculous.
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OMG I would die if our powerbill got that high!

We only have a one bedroom place mind you but we have laptop and internet going most of the time and a 41" lcd going most of the time as well as a dehumidifier that only turns off about 4hrs a day and it was only $90 last month most ours gets up to is about $160.



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Our power bill is usually only $80, but this month's was $247!! I hope they don't estimate future bills at this higher price!!
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Ours is also up from approx 150 to 300 i almost died at it was a flippen read! i dont understand how it was sooo high
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Wow, I would flip if ours went over $200!! Ours is around $160-$180 and I get angry at that amount!

Our only source of heating is a fireplace and electric blankets on for an hour before bed.
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It was sooo cold last month though - I think most of us have been using heaters. Our one was high too - about the $220 mark but then we are at work during the day so that saves on power
    
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Plasma tv's cost 16.6c to run per hour, I worked out it costs us $17.43 a week just to watch the telly!!!!

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Sorry but I feel a little bit better now that some of your guys bills have jumped about as much as ours!

Originally posted by HeidisMum HeidisMum wrote:

I have heard that turning your heat pump on & off costs more than leaving it going to keep your room at a set temperature rather than turning it on to get it to a certain temp then turning it off.

Someone had a thread on this a while ago and a link to the Mitsubishi website which contradicted this. So I only turns ours on as it starts to get colder in the afternoon.
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My heatpump brke down for four days in the freezing cold cold days this month so used an oil heater all day and noght, as this house isnt very warm.

So fay, and i still have untill the 26th for it to be read, its $310 and thats not including the levies..
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OMG our last one was $180 and I *know* this next one will be higher because our new house is so much colder. I'm dreading it

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Im dreading ours as well! Our first one in this house was $190, but that was an estimate and plus we had my brother living with us, so he used his lap top and then theres the extra water etc.
This house is SO cold, we have the gas heater in the lounge/dining area, and up the hall is the oil heater and I turn it on high to get the rooms to temp and them turn it to low and leave it going and that keeps the chill off the rooms, the bedrooms in this house are like ice blocks if you dont have the heater going

We pay $30 a week to our power so if we do have to pay anything extra we are hoping its not heaps! We are new to all this power bill stuff, didnt have to worry about that at mum and dads.

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Ours went up from $220last month to $303 this month.

I run our heat pump all day though and think this actually helps with our bill - I put it on low and 18 during the day when we are not home (we leave for work at 7.30 and get home about 4pm) and over night and bump it up to low and 22 from 4.30pm-7.30pm.

We also have a heated towel rail going and underfloor heating in the bathroom and toilet.

I do a load of washing a day and a load through the dishwasher plus our plasma tv is on for about 7 hours a day as like the noise in the background.

We have a oil heater in DS room that switches on at 11pm until about 5 am.

SO...I am quite pleased with ours really as was stressing it would be around the $380 mark as our power bill is always around $200 in summer
       
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Do any of your power companies offer an even pay system?

I am with genesis energy and I have an even pay system where I have a direct debit payment come out every week for $35, which works out at $140 a month.

They send me a bill each month that says 'No further action is required' so I don't have to worry about it.

I pay $35 a week year round and it evens itself out over summer when I don't use as much.

If I have paid too much at the end of the year they refund me, and if I haven't paid enough they put my weekly amount up a little bit to cover it.

I know that doesn't help with your bill right now, but after having a faulty central heating unit at my old place and ending up with a $450 bill TWICE and my landlord refusing to help or take responsibility because I was using it, I don't want a bill ever again!
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We've switched to Powershop and so far it's working out much cheaper than being with Meridian. The bill from 16 may until 16 June was $233 which I thought was really good, as I was still at home with DS and it was freezing here in Chch. I haven't calculated the savings this month, but for the april/may bill, we saved $50.00 on what we would have paid with Meridian. We have a big oil column heater in DH's room, which is on low during the day and turn up from the early evening through to morning, a small column in our room which is only on if it's super cold and only at night, and a convection heater in the lounge which is on from 5pm until bedtime (approx 10pm). We also have a heatpump in the dining/kitchen and that's only on from 4pm until 8pm and then from 5am to 7am. I run the dryer at least 2-3 a week and the washing machine on nearly daily, at least once. We have gas for hotwater though, and we need a new gas bottle every 3 months.

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Ours is only up at around 180, we get an actual read each month. Our heat pump is on from 7-7 every day on 21 degrees and we use the dryer when we have washing cause it just doesn't get dry outside now. And we use a dishwasher. I don't leave our heat pump on during the night. I just think thats stupid lol, it doesn't save on power
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Ours is a big fat $370 this month, this one is actual and the last was not so guess they underestimated that sucker.


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oh I would die if mine was in the $300 - ours was read this month and it was $240 (less if I pay early) although up from last month - it was only an estimate last month so expected it to be a lil more, doesnt normally get up more than that.

ETA: we run a oil heater in RHyley's room every night from 8pm till 8-9am. Tv (LCD) is on most of the time when we are home. Having been using the dryer a bit too last month. And basically 3 adults and 2 children in the house adds up (master 16 is basically an adult)

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