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Gullible-Mammoth5823 t1_ixf6w5d wrote

Reply to comment by timewellwasted5 in I'm dealing with the PUC for a high electric bill, need advice by theonlyfeditrust

Mine are usually ~1000 during winter. PPL is fucking garbage.

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Dredly t1_ixfax9j wrote

what in the holy fuck??? how big is your house??????

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Mine go BIG in the winter, like 700 with electric heat, we average 250 normally... thats a lot of money

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Gullible-Mammoth5823 t1_ixfbe1w wrote

Not big. Like 2100ft? Mortgage is 1024$ I really don’t know how to solve this issue and it puts me in debt every year. My house isn’t even warm. Like if you drop a wet towel on the ground, it will freeze to the floor. But I installed a double mini split unit so hopefully not seeing my breath this winter

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Dredly t1_ixffgs9 wrote

sounds like a massive insulation problem... was your house built int the 50's and never touched since?

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Gullible-Mammoth5823 t1_ixfg0pd wrote

  1. Mostly insulated. I’ve rebuilt most of it. But a big part of the house is windows. Some are single pane. Also there are no rooms. Just one big cavernous space three story space that does allow heat to fill. Because of bills I try to keep the heat off or low.
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Dredly t1_ixfgme6 wrote

those windows are basically the same as just having no window at all. Invest in heavy insulated curtains and electric baseboards right below?

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it also sounds like you really need to find a different heat source... electric heat primarily works by blocking cold air from coming in (which is why they are always under windows).

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Sorry you are getting screwed... I don't know what options you have other then broiler/natural gas... but those are going to be expensive as well with those winodws

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michael1757 t1_ixgkspp wrote

Then I'll suggest you get some ceiling fans up there. If you keep the fans on low,it'll blow all the warm heat thats stuck on your ceiling,back down to the floor,& keep it circulating. Warm air rises.

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theonlyfeditrust OP t1_ixhhx5m wrote

That's way too high, I have a pretty big 2 story apartment and anything over 150$ is unusual. My bill was was 340$

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