Estimates on light bills?
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It depends on where you live.  The cost of electricity on the power grid ranges from about 4 cents per kilowatt hour in Kentucky to about 14 cents per kilowatt-hour in New York City.   You would need to find out what the cost per kilowatt hour is where you live and multiply that by the number of kilowatt-hours you would use in a month.\n\nTo determine the number of kilowatt-hours you would use in a month, multiply the power (in watts) of each appliance by the number of hours that appliance is being used and divide this by 1000.  For example if you use eight 100-watt light bulbs an average of 5 hours a day than, they would account for 8 x 100 x 5 x 30 (days in a month) = 15000 watts/1000=15 kilowatt-hours.  If you don't know how many watts the appliance uses, multiply the number of amps by the voltage the appliance uses; but it is easier just to check the table in the link below to find a typical power useage for each of your appliances.\n\nOnce you've totaled the number of kilowatt hours used (watts x hours used / 1000) for each appliance, multiply that total by the cost per kilowatt-hour in your area.\n\nThe biggest influences on your electric costs or usually the water heater and heat and air, and possibly the oven if it is used a lot.  Using a space heater a lot can effect it a lot.
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This is very serious for you. Here is how I interpret the situation. I am taking all the information you gave in your question:\n\n1) one building\n\n2) one electric meter\n \n3) five tenants\n\n4) tenant # 1 lease agreement says the electric is included in rent payment.\n\n5) tenant #2 lease agreement says the electric is divided equally by the five tenants.\n\n6) tenant # 3 (which is you) lease agreement says you will pay 65% of the electric. \n\nYou don't say anything about the other 2 apartments. They must be vacant?\n\nNone of you have received a bill or note from the landlord in at least three months.(Jan. Feb. Mar.). You ask repeatedly and no response from the landlord. THEN you are presented a bill of $2647.00, which you are expected to pay within five days from the date you received it.\n\nYou then called the utility company and they said the bill for $2647.00 was for the entire, total building. You need a copy of the bill showing the specific addresses.\n\nIf I have all this straight it sounds to me like your landlord does not have a clue as to what he does. I will assume all of you have your copy of the leases stating what you signed and agreed to pay, right? Again, if I am correct, you have three choices here.\n1) Go to the landlord and state exactly what you did in your letter above. Ask if he thinks this is a fair deal and why did he do this to you?\n\n2) If you and the other two tenants have the signed leases you really have it made. Here's how: #1 is safe. Take the bill and divide it by five. #2 pays his portion. Since the bill is divided by the five tenants it must be assumed the other four (according to #2s lease) will pay in equal parts the remaining balance of the bill. It is not your fault #1 has his electric included in the rent. It is not your fault that there are two vacant units. SOOOOOOOOOOOO, Divide the$2647.00 by 5 = $529.40 per unit. Right? Now, you do your part and pay 65% of  $529.40= $344.11.  Makes sense, huh?\n\n3) This is the last one, get an attorney.\n\nActually I like my #2 the best. Think about that. I cannot believe I have spent all this time on one answer. I was really angry at the damn landlord. You had better let us know what happens.(me, at least)     MUCH LUCK!!!!
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I'm not sure how reliable it would be to get estimates from here. Your best bet would be to call up different firms that specialize in consumer credit litigation and ask them what they charge. Maybe also contact law society members who specialize in this area as well, to get a general idea of rates they have.
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Just call the utility directly.  They can give you information on average bills, etc.  People do it all the time when trying to decide whether or not to live in a particular place.
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Take a look at salary.com. You can get an estimate there.
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i have a friend back home and her rate was,  150 a hour just foor stimatimates.  putting tapes in the wall where goes what and giving u a drawing of the desing 1000 if she actully has to do it her self. for ya. and go shoping with ya.
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to run a house about $5,000.  to add everything else to because it produces DC power (like a battery) and a house used AC power: $50,000 and another $10,000 for engineering, and $5,000 for somebody to install it all for a total of about $70,000 given that the average house power bill is about $100-200 it would take about 30-60 years to break even (not including maintainence costs and its an unreliable power source).  Moral of the story...just buy power from the utility!
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Start looking now, you can get an idea of whats available the costs etc.  Also most landlords know if they may have a unit available in the up coming months.  Good Luck KG
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realistically, i'd pay for whatever they raise it to.  got bills and a mortgage to pay!  i live in a new construction house so there's no public transit that comes up my hill (well, at least not yet, and I don't know if that'll ever be in the works).  I'm as earth friendly as the next person, but i've got to think about the income factor more.  hopefully though, it won't go above $4/gal because that'd make me sick!
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Can you post a copy of both bills so I can put them in Access and run a compare query on them?
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owner's expense. If they are not willing to pay anything above the average electric bill you usually pay, then take them to small claims. Also, if the electricity is constantly being knocked out due to their work, then send a notified letter to the owner stating that they need to either find alternative power source or provide you with alternative housing during the construction period because the constant knocking out of power is a breach of contract. If they fail to resolve this issue in a reasonable time frame, and you feel the power outage is really affecting the ability to have quiet enjoyment of the place, get a hotel room that is similar or less than what you currently have and deduct that from the rent. Explain that you will do this in the certified letter.\n\nBy the way, I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. \n\nRegards
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To get an accurate number, you will need to call the local utility.  Be prepared to answer the question on if you mena the city only, the metro area, or the province.  Also aske for the average per person and you can probably figure it yourself.
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First and last month's rent\nSecurity deposit\nSometimes utilities
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it depends on which state you live in and what the charges are
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what's the money being deducted for
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And the question about utility bill statements is.....?
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Look on your bill.  It will tell you if you can