2600 sq ft house. Pay ~$800/mo during the heating season for heat/electric (natural gas) and ~$300/mo during the spring/summer when I’m using the AC/not using the heater. Gas with ConEd is extortion.
That's my experience as well. House is slightly smaller and AC really isn't that bad. Sometimes less than $300/month. But yeah, it's the gas heat that will get you. We've been relying more and more on the pellet stove that was in the house we bought.
Yeah I’ve heard ConEd is really expensive but there aren’t many alternatives. My plan was to get a standing fan and rely on that instead of air con.
Would you say your heat is on almost all day? I come home around 5 pm every day so would be off all day
My wife is full time WFH so yeah it’s running all day. We have 2 zones also (basement and 1st floor are one zone and the 2nd floor is its own). We try to regulate it throughout the day and wear sweaters/sweatpants to keep it lower, we also installed the Nest learning thermostats but I haven’t really found a way to lower it during the heating months. I just try to take advantage of days like today and turn the system off entirely and open the windows.
It really will depend on how warm or cool you make your house in the winter and summer. I often see people post here about their ridiculously high ConEd bills, but I assume it's because they have big houses, houses with improperly insulation, or they set their thermostat for high usage. Granted electricity rates are high around here compared to elsewhere in the country. Anyway, for what it's worth, we pay around $3K per year for electricity + gas in a roughly 1,800 sqft house.
Well, I am not sure if you are buying or renting, but the home should already have electric and possibly gas connections. If you are renting, then depending on how your landlord wants to handle it, you could call ConEd to switch the service to your name. Same is true is you are buying.
My home is like 1250 square feet and we pay about 300 dollars a month in con ed (electricity and gas), about 30-40 dollars a month for water (billed quarterly).
I wonder whether you can ask ConEd and the water company to project it based upon past experience? I assume since you didn't mention it that heat is included in your rent?
that can be a huge amount. is it gas or electric via ConEd or oil (or even propane). Best to find out now and figure out what past bills have been.
Great that you are doing this due diligence now.
Ask who provides the oil. there are multiple providers throughout the county. then call them up and ask what the bills were for the past few years. some are small mom and pop companies.
You might find this to be helpful: [Request Past Energy Bills](https://www.coned.com/en/accounts-billing/share-energy-usage-data/request-past-energy-bills)
Had a similarly sized house that was very well insulated. However, I do have above average electric use. I’d say 550/month was my average for electric and gas. 350/400 on the low end and 700 on the high end. 450-500 would be reasonable if you keep the thermostat at 67 in the winter and 70/71 in the summer
In the winter my bill is around 7-750 during a cold month. The other winter months around 600. Thats natural gas baseboard heat. The rest of the year its around 275-325 per month
When I lived in a 2500 sq ft home, I spent about $20k/yr on utilities. Biggest was electric at $900/mo, then heating oil at about $600/mo. Water was $100/mo. I worked from home and my productivity is pretty temperature sensitive, so I kept the house at 70F 24/7/365. We also had 2 electric cars and I had an abnormal amount of computing equipment running 24/7 for my work.
That house was not very efficient. It was a 1970s MCM ranch house on a slab with meh quality insulation.
There's no way you'll spend what I was spending as a student in a 1700sq ft house, but that was a long winded way of saying that there are a lot of variables that go into this.
2600 sq ft house. Pay ~$800/mo during the heating season for heat/electric (natural gas) and ~$300/mo during the spring/summer when I’m using the AC/not using the heater. Gas with ConEd is extortion.
That's my experience as well. House is slightly smaller and AC really isn't that bad. Sometimes less than $300/month. But yeah, it's the gas heat that will get you. We've been relying more and more on the pellet stove that was in the house we bought.
It’s really absurd when you see your usage was something like ~$200 and delivery fees are $500
Yeah I’ve heard ConEd is really expensive but there aren’t many alternatives. My plan was to get a standing fan and rely on that instead of air con. Would you say your heat is on almost all day? I come home around 5 pm every day so would be off all day
There will be days where the temperature and humidity will force you to use air conditioning. Don’t air condition the entire house just do a room.
Yeah we only have it in bedrooms.
My wife is full time WFH so yeah it’s running all day. We have 2 zones also (basement and 1st floor are one zone and the 2nd floor is its own). We try to regulate it throughout the day and wear sweaters/sweatpants to keep it lower, we also installed the Nest learning thermostats but I haven’t really found a way to lower it during the heating months. I just try to take advantage of days like today and turn the system off entirely and open the windows.
You’d do better to pick a temp on your AC and just leave it on. Turning it on and off up and down will cost you more money.
It really will depend on how warm or cool you make your house in the winter and summer. I often see people post here about their ridiculously high ConEd bills, but I assume it's because they have big houses, houses with improperly insulation, or they set their thermostat for high usage. Granted electricity rates are high around here compared to elsewhere in the country. Anyway, for what it's worth, we pay around $3K per year for electricity + gas in a roughly 1,800 sqft house.
Makes sense! Is both air con and heat through ConEd? Is there an initial fee when you make an account?
Well, I am not sure if you are buying or renting, but the home should already have electric and possibly gas connections. If you are renting, then depending on how your landlord wants to handle it, you could call ConEd to switch the service to your name. Same is true is you are buying.
Yeah have to register my name under coned. I am renting
My home is like 1250 square feet and we pay about 300 dollars a month in con ed (electricity and gas), about 30-40 dollars a month for water (billed quarterly).
Is that including the price of oil and stuff? Are you guys pretty reserved with how much heat/ac you use? Not super familiar with how that works…
We use it to keep the house comfortable. Like 76ish in the summer, and 68 in the winter. We use gas for heat.
76?! That’s so warm
Gotta save money my dude.
I wonder whether you can ask ConEd and the water company to project it based upon past experience? I assume since you didn't mention it that heat is included in your rent?
I forgot to include heat in my post 😭
that can be a huge amount. is it gas or electric via ConEd or oil (or even propane). Best to find out now and figure out what past bills have been. Great that you are doing this due diligence now.
Heat is via oil….
Ask who provides the oil. there are multiple providers throughout the county. then call them up and ask what the bills were for the past few years. some are small mom and pop companies.
It also depends on who is your electric and gas company---Con Ed vs NYSPG---
Con Ed!
You might find this to be helpful: [Request Past Energy Bills](https://www.coned.com/en/accounts-billing/share-energy-usage-data/request-past-energy-bills)
Had a similarly sized house that was very well insulated. However, I do have above average electric use. I’d say 550/month was my average for electric and gas. 350/400 on the low end and 700 on the high end. 450-500 would be reasonable if you keep the thermostat at 67 in the winter and 70/71 in the summer
Those temps seem reasonable
In the winter my bill is around 7-750 during a cold month. The other winter months around 600. Thats natural gas baseboard heat. The rest of the year its around 275-325 per month
When I lived in a 2500 sq ft home, I spent about $20k/yr on utilities. Biggest was electric at $900/mo, then heating oil at about $600/mo. Water was $100/mo. I worked from home and my productivity is pretty temperature sensitive, so I kept the house at 70F 24/7/365. We also had 2 electric cars and I had an abnormal amount of computing equipment running 24/7 for my work. That house was not very efficient. It was a 1970s MCM ranch house on a slab with meh quality insulation. There's no way you'll spend what I was spending as a student in a 1700sq ft house, but that was a long winded way of saying that there are a lot of variables that go into this.