This month's APS BILL!!!!!

Same here...ours was about $400 this month, about $100 more than last. Maybe the humidity makes the A/C have to work harder, or something like that?

Beth

I'm with you - ours jumped $150 this month and we didn't change anything. The only differences I saw was that the avg daily temp was about 14 degrees higher and there were more days in the cycle but I am still shocked that it caused such a drastic difference.

Our SRP bill was up $25 dollars compared to last years billing period at this time. But we had used less electricity according to our statement. Obviously the rate increase has kicked in for us. Pretty sure i hears APS was increasing rates too.

We are around $200 and this is rather normal for the month of July and August and then it starts to go back down.

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Ours is $500

OUCH! I thought our $422.00 SRP one was bad.

I think my jaw dropped as well when our APS bill came in yesterday. And I too did the same, with being careful not to wash clothes or have the TV on during peak hours, etc. And we are not even home during the week either, I think that it may have had to do with the week that the sister in law was visiting. But my gosh, makes me wonder what kind of appliances she had running.

Ours is constantly rising as well with nothing changing in our routines. We live in about little over 1000 sq. ft. apartment and our bill is usually a little over $100 each month it's been going up about $10 or so. I don't know why though. Our air is always set at 80 or 82. Never below 80. Laundry during peak hours.

Jess is a soon to be military wife raising her beautiful almost 3 year old spunky daughter in Scottsdale, trying to make it as a nurse.

Our bill this month was $338...over $100 more than last month! We have SRP and it is the first of their 2 month summer peak pricing. Our house is just over 2000 sq. ft.

Also...they raised the rates in April or May that they said would be more evident in the summer months.

I'm crossing my fingers. We just moved into a new two story 1700 square foot house last month, and have yet to get the APS bill. I'm really hoping it's going to be under $400 - but I'm not sure if we're gonna make it.

Does you bill show the usage is a lot more than last year? If so, your A/C could be low on freon. I found this out the hard way. We were on the equalizer plan so I wasn't looking at the bills closely. Our house is 30 years old, single pane windows, original A/C unit so the bills are always high. Our equalizer payment started at $225 and jumped to $325 when they adjusted it after the first year. When I actually went online to look at the usage it had jumped considerably. The A/C unit also works the heater & it had a slow leak so we didn't notice it wasn't working as well.

Ours in the summer is usually $300 and winter it is between $100 and $200. We use the dishwasher and washer and dryer at night during there off-peak time and still it costs us a lot. We are always careful about the temp that our air is on and lights in room we aren't in are always off. We have no idea how the bill can get so high.

My brother has SRP and pays A LOT less and he isn't careful with what his air is on. Then his children leave all the lights in the house on. I think we should be able to choose our electric company

Just so you guys know I got a recent letter from SRP saying that the prices were going up. I for the life of me can't remember how much it said, but it's going up. I have found which has helped me, and I'm not sure if you guys are at home mom's or what not, but I keep the Thermostat on 83 during the day, bring it down to about 80 when I get home at 5, and then at night I put it on 79. We have a two story house that unfortunately (had we been thinking when we bought it) has huge ceilings which have tons of trapped air. You may want to re-caulk around the windows and doors, and look underneath the doors to make sure there aren't any gaps which is where air tends to seep out. Also turn off everything before you leave the house, lights, keep a main ceiling fan running, but turn off the ones in the rooms, computers, TV's etc. Also I know it may be pricey but call one of those shade screen companies to put them out on your windows. And do what you are doing, run your dishwasher, and dryer before bed, run a load of laundry before you leave in the early AM (no heat really from the washer). The stove is another big one. If you don't have any ceiling fans you will be suprised how circulating the air helps. Anyway good luck to you all, and may we all be able to pay our electric bills. :-)

Lisa - Mom to her spunky little Scarlette

I'll admit after hearing a couple of your guy's bills I'm going to get on my floor and kiss that our's was only slightly over $200 lol...

I'm a complete Nazi with the a/c in our house. My stays between 78-82 and when it doesn't I get bent lol. I tell my husband and my kids to get in a cool shower to cool off (cause let's face it water bills are WAY cheaper) if they are hot. I also try to cook a one pot slop or outside or not at all in the summer to keep the a/c down and the bill steady.

However, next month's bill will probably send me to my knees asking God to slip an extra $100 into my pocket somehow (last year's July bill was $302). I personally think no matter what you do or don't do both SRP and APS have it in for us poor Arizonians. I'm mean let's face it, they can charge as much as they want and we'll pay because we live in the state where the average degree is incinerator.

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Our APS bill this month was $250, about $80 more than last month. We keep our thermostat set at 82 so I wasn't really thinking it would go up that high. I guess I was wrong:)

jesshod is a mommy to 2 girls (ages 6 and 1) and is an arizonamoms.com discussion leader living in Surprise.

We have grid-tied solar and our APS bill was still over $400 this month - it was shocking because we have been super careful - off peak usage, changed most of our lights a few months ago... all of that and still - a jaw dropping $400 + bill.
My husband said their bill at work was outrageous compared to last year and that the rates really went up.
I have read recently that APS has been having financial troubles so perhaps this is their way of compensating - but I am just guessing.

Mom of 10 yr old step daughter, 12 month old son, 2 dogs, 2 cats a husband I adore and.. in my 'spare' time an amature geneologist.

Well, I got out APS bill this morning. It was $376. Better than I thought it was going to be. We're on the on peak / off peak program, but my boyfriend loves to crank the AC down to 70 when I'm not looking... ARGH! Plus, the AC is a bit undersized for the house, so it's having to work harder. Well, that just means he's not going to get to play golf next month on both days of the weekends :) I'm cutting him down to just Saturdays....

My bill went from $120.00 to $250.00. Just like everyone else we had not done anything different. We even bought fans so we don't have to run the ac so low, and I don't wash until after 9 on Friday night.

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Holy (inappropriate term)!! i just saw my SRP bill for next month!! it went up another $100 AGAIN!!!!!!
absolutly nothing different!!!

Our is always in the $300 to $400 range - but we have a pool, which adds to the cost, and we keep the thermostat way down (74-75) because we're whimps. I haven't really noticed a difference between this year and last year.

Susie is a discussion leader in the east valley for arizonamoms.com. She has two sons, ages 7 and 3.

I've just switched to APS's newer rate plan noon to 7PM all other times and weekends are off peak rates. It has saved me money and allowed me to do the laundry and chores after everyone leaves for school and cool the house down before bedtime. It's changed my lifestyle!

I think APS's recent rate hike has also made everyone's bills a bit higher. And APS is already asking for yet another rate increase. Yikes!

soccermom of a 12 yr old boy and 15 yr old young lady