Crazy bills

[Chris dePaola]

So the last two months I've had bills right around $300 where my average has been about $180. Has something drastically changed?

Useage for the month was 2980 kWh in a 15 year old 3000 sq ft home. Does this seem like an average consumption or high?

No idea where to even start to track down an issue

[Rex Irby]

1.  First, If you have a smart Meter go ComEd online - login and get your historic numbers by day - maybe that is a first start to get a light bulb on in your head?

2.  Second,  Check your Capacity charge on your bill starting with June Electric usage - July issued - it changes on this bill and it may have has a substantial jump if you got caught 6 or greater time during the Coincidental peak periods in the last year.

3.  Third, Check your AC differential air intake and supply temps to makes sure its 19 degrees or greater - if not your AC ran like crazy and you need to get a HVAC service tech out to find the cause.  This temperature delta should be checked every year period by you since its such a large cost on the Summer bills.

Hope this helps