[lrjohnson]

Very interesting thread for me. We are all flourescent bulb, gas stove and water, zero eletric heat, and yet our electricity bill is crazy. I mean like the electric part of $200. Yes, we have an electric dryer, but we line dry a lot, and in the summer when we line dry most it seems to make very little impact. We do have a lot of electronic stuff-well, computer stuff-extra servers and monitors and printers (my guy is a geek). But it seems like these shouldn't draw all the time. I've wondered if our wiring being so old just makes things inefficient in and of itself. We think some of the wiring may even be original to the time of installation-house built 1897. The old fahioned wires run up the walls, and the light switches are a hoot. Fun, and neat to look at, but crazy to pay 3 times what friends do WITHOUT a heater going! I might unplug the microwave, coffe grinder, etc. , as well as printers, etc. and see if that helps.