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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Haha I guess in comparison to many that seems crazy cheap. Apartment style condo, baseboard heaters. Only pay electricity and I'm top floor southwest facing so even in the winter I don't need a lot of heat.
other than my tv/receiver/speakers/ps4 I don't really use a ton of electricity though. Lights, fridge. Computer sometimes. I do laundry fairly regularly so my dryer maybe eats up a bunch.
For me a $30 increase counts ask skyrocketing. As does a 50% increase in electricity usage.
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What the... 230kWh? Maybe it's just me, but that sounds really high.
I used to live in a 650 is sq ft condo with electric baseboard heaters, North facing so colder. The building for sure is older (built 70s ish) and not very energy efficient. I had all the appliances including ensuite laundry and kept the temperature at probably 20-22C. I averaged around 38-45 bucks depending on season. (125-160 kWh @ .089 at the time). I too only paid for electricity at my place. Condo fees covered everything else.
I recently renegotiated 0.0679 for 3 years and my condo is racking up electricity bills of about $25 a month averaging 25kWh per month while I clean it up and look for a renter. (Admin fees are indeed approx half. Bleh.)
Enmax estimating could be a possibility, though very unlikely (worth asking though, maybe they'll give you a better rate without charging fees?). The other possibility is that the common area heat temp was set lower recently and your unit is using more energy to heat it/maintain temps to compensate? My condo common area is a sauna. I have been tempted to call and ask them to lower it, but since I don't live there any more... no point.