need help figuring out electric bill

[Kanye West]

haha, thats right - i need help figuring this out..

i am moving into a house and i found some old mail at the house- it read off 6.9 cents per KWH... now how do i figure out what my bill is going to be when i get that same rate of 6.9 cents per kwh? i plan on runnin 24 hours of 4000 watts .i think i figured it out, but id like to see if my answer matches up to your answers.

 

[ogatec]

thats cheap power!!! i am @ 15c/kwh..

 

[Stond_Face]

4000W = 4kW required power.

1kW = $0.069 per hour is electricity cost

24 hours per day

24 x .069 x 4 = $6.624 per day to run.

Your electric is cheap...almost too cheap. The average in the US is $0.15 kWh. I would double check the rate.

 

[Wait...What?]

its probably a graduated scale where if you use above a given level, the price changes.

and the little old lady who read by candle light and cooked only on sundays after church, well, her usage profile is going to be a tad different from yours...

 

[Kanye West]

proof....

proof....

kinda shitty cam phone pic
thanks for the help though guys...

im proud of my 6.93 cents per kwh rate..

 

[Jnugg]

You're looking at about a $200 increase in your power usage just from running 4kw of light 24 hours a day over a 30day/1 month period.That doesn't even equate the normal power usage of a house (refridgerator,air conditioner,water heater,dishwasher,vaccum cleaner,microwave,stove/oven etc.) nor does it cover the fuel charges.

I'd say you're looking close to $400 a month+ power bill.

Tha math formula to figure it all out:

you pay .0693 cents per kwh or the equivalent of 1x 1kw HID running for one hour.

1kw x 0.0693 x 4 = 0.2772 x 24 hours = $6.6528 x 30 days = $199.584

Again that only accounts for the kwh's not the fuel charges,state,local and municipal franchise fees etc.This does not include normal household power usage hence my guestimate of near $400 a month power bill.


See people always ask how much it will cost to run their light and others here reply only they also forget to add the fuel charges and stae/local and municipal franchise fees and normal household power usage.

Basiclly put,some asks how much it will cost to run their 400w HPS on for 12 hours a day for one month and someone will chime in with:

0.4 x 12 = 0.02772 x 12 = 0.33264 x 30 = $9.9792 or $9.98 but that's just the charge for KWH's there is also charges for fuel usage,state/local and municipal franchise fees etc.

Fuel usage fees are usually right around the same charge as power/kwh usage so we'll figure $20 a month to run a 400w HPS for 12 hours a day for 30 days...but,we need to find out stae/local and municipal franchise fees and taxes.


Take a look at your power bill.You'll see the are up top tells you how much you are charged per the first 1000 kwh's and how much you are charged for every 1000 kwh's after the first 1000 kwh's.Below that you will see how much you are charged in fuel for the first 1000 kwh's and then how much you are charged for fuel for every 1000 kwh's after the first 1000 kwh's.Then you'll see state/local taxes/fees and municipal franchise fees/taxes.


I'll try and get a pic up of what I am talking about later on if I can find an old power bill laying around.

 

[silent_lemon]

slight tangent...do electric companies actually look at time of day charts and say...oh this guys using 4kw for 12 hours every day, same time...big risk?

"Prices are 5.91 cents/kWh for Step 1 electricity and 8.27 cents/kWh for Step 2 electricity."
i win i think

 

[LlamaSchool]

lemon-

If you have a traditional analog-dial meter to measure electricity, the company can only measure total usage between readings. Some newer systems have a digital meter that I think may be able to remotely report usage and definitely can tell the company when power is coming online and offline.

 

[Kanye West]

You're looking at about a $200 increase in your power usage just from running 4kw of light 24 hours a day over a 30day/1 month period.That doesn't even equate the normal power usage of a house (refridgerator,air conditioner,water heater,dishwasher,vaccum cleaner,microwave,stove/oven etc.) nor does it cover the fuel charges.

I'd say you're looking close to $400 a month+ power bill.

Tha math formula to figure it all out:

you pay .0693 cents per kwh or the equivalent of 1x 1kw HID running for one hour.

1kw x 0.0693 x 4 = 0.2772 x 24 hours = $6.6528 x 30 days = $199.584

Again that only accounts for the kwh's not the fuel charges,state,local and municipal franchise fees etc.This does not include normal household power usage hence my guestimate of near $400 a month power bill.


See people always ask how much it will cost to run their light and others here reply only they also forget to add the fuel charges and stae/local and municipal franchise fees and normal household power usage.

Basiclly put,some asks how much it will cost to run their 400w HPS on for 12 hours a day for one month and someone will chime in with:

0.4 x 12 = 0.02772 x 12 = 0.33264 x 30 = $9.9792 or $9.98 but that's just the charge for KWH's there is also charges for fuel usage,state/local and municipal franchise fees etc.

Fuel usage fees are usually right around the same charge as power/kwh usage so we'll figure $20 a month to run a 400w HPS for 12 hours a day for 30 days...but,we need to find out stae/local and municipal franchise fees and taxes.


Take a look at your power bill.You'll see the are up top tells you how much you are charged per the first 1000 kwh's and how much you are charged for every 1000 kwh's after the first 1000 kwh's.Below that you will see how much you are charged in fuel for the first 1000 kwh's and then how much you are charged for fuel for every 1000 kwh's after the first 1000 kwh's.Then you'll see state/local taxes/fees and municipal franchise fees/taxes.


I'll try and get a pic up of what I am talking about later on if I can find an old power bill laying around.

here lets give an example of the bill and waht it says. i belive the power was turned on to the house for a couple days for an inspection, here is what charges incurred:

ok i looked at the bill and the "basic charges" are:

customer charge 2.40
distribution related component 2.90
transition charge -0.58
cost recovery charge 0.34
bypassable generation and transmission related component 5.13

total charges $ 10.19


74 kilowatt hours used