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Originally Posted by Euro7r
I've switched to gas furnace setting the last few days since it's been hella cold below freezing. Normally I feel the heat pump needs to run often to keep the house warm, as it's definitely not "toasty" hot compared to gas furnace. Although I do have my thermostat set to 20-21 average. Not sure what everyone has their settings set for?
In terms of $, I got my recent electricity bill & gas bill. Electricity Oct-Dec (2 months billing), $250. Gas bill roughly $40 a month. This is for a detached 2000 sq ft. house. I'm not sure if there's really any $ savings because I was comparing purely gas from my parents houses, it almost works out the same in total $. Just that I'm paying more in electricity and not gas. If any savings, think it would be minimal, but I don't have comparable yet with my own place since only had heat pump since Oct. The step 2 does make a dent on the $ with electricity as I can't see how anyone can keep it within step 1 with a heat pump.
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My last month's bill was $200 for the single month since I'm on time of usage billing, this month I'm current trending to $280
I do try to push everything into off peak hours such as car charging, dish washer, washer and dryer.
It's the heat pump and the cooking that's driving up the costs.
But over all we are managing better compared to last year where we were on the regular bimonthly billing where at the absolute peak it was $675 bucks