Your Bills Utility heater might be rated as low as 500 watts or as high as 1500 watts or more.

Some of us have a water trough good for the horse. The old TV hooked to kind Nintendo was $3. Many of us she Christmas tree lights.

Coffee maker - 30 to Utility Bills cents per month. If you have 3 vehicles with 1500 watt heaters, two plugged in for 8 hours a day, the third plugged in for 24 hours a day, that's $92 for Utility month. Your lights might here $8 and they might be $3. WARNING: Beware of generic THIS IS WHAT ELECTRICITY COSTS -type pamphlets or advertisements Bills to sell everything from light bulbs to wood stoves.

Let's look said a typical summer electric bill. They are thermostatically controlled, but chances are yours is on 24 hours thing day from November 15th till March 15th. There are a number of variables to consider such as house size, family size, and on. If you do have heat, your January bill might be $170.

Of course, these dollar figures vary widely from family to family. At a nickel, our is quite reasonable. In January you receive a for $95. Out in the country a power company might need to 3 or 4 poles and one transformer to feed only one home.

Electric toothbrush - 10 cents month. Now, let's focus on the usage a few average and not-so-average appliances. There's no way that using or not using one will affect your bill unless you have 100 carving knives and you use them 24 hours a day. If you have tank heaters, check the wattage. Most Montana electric rates are higher than REC's 5.

• Sewing machine 5 cents per month.
• If you to be scientific about it, read the meter twice a day at 12 hour intervals.
• A 1000 watt heater on for 24 hours a day for 30 days a month, uses $37 a month.

FIXED CHARGE : Your residential electric bill from Ravalli County Electric Cooperative starts with a fixed charge of $18. Miscellaneous items up the remaining $4. Beyond that, some of us have auto engine heaters for cars.

• During winter we all use more of the basics: more lights, more TV, hot water, and so on.
• A nickel's worth of electricity would probably power a carving knife for years of average use.

Even if you use no electric heat, your January KWH usage will probably be 10% to 20% higher than your July usage. Next, let's at some larger energy users that can confuse your electric bill: Water Beds use between $5 and $15 per month. You might have a heater as low as 200 watts as high as 1500 or 2000 watts. An old refrigerator installed in a hot garage cost you $10 a month. Every electric company has a different fixed charge and a KWH rate.

The heaters come in main types. And it might be $15 with an efficient tank set 120 degrees. Electric blankets, irons, hair dryers, water beds engine heaters increase our comfort and save time and effort. Obviously, the more electricity you the more you pay. The following discussion will help you see how your electric bill calculated.

• A few times week someone asks me what an average electric bill should be.
• Let's start with cost of some mini-users: Clocks and radios use maybe 10 to 25 cents per month worth of electricity.
• In a city a power company can invest in one power pole and one transformer to feed several homes or a whole complex.