Just wondering, on average, by how much do people's electric bills increase during the Christmas season?
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Living in Texas, my electric bill drops drastically during the winter. Consider a $500 bill for July versus $86 for October!\n\nHowever, if last year is anything to go by, my electric bill will rise by about $10 for the Christmas season. I don't do a lot of lights and fuss, though. Just the tree.
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It would depend on how the leases are written.  If there's no one in there, how much electricity can the apartment be using?  Do they leave the lights on all the time?  \n\nIf your lease states that the electricity is divided up among all tenants (which sounds patently unfair to me and I'd never live at a place like that - what if my neighbor likes his apartment like Alaska?), then I'd say it's vague enough that you're probably on the hook.  If your lease states that you are responsible (through the landlord) for YOUR electric use, then no, he or she has no right to charge you for anything other than your apartment.
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I am willing to do something about it. I recycle things all the time and travel on public transport all the time. If you would like to find out more of ways to save energy around the home there are plenty of websities to help you.
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Only four! People in your area are leaving it late compared to people round my way, however I know I'm not in real trouble til I start hearing people humming 'Mistletoe and Wine'!\n\nI think that Christmas decorations should be restricted to December - I can understand that people enjoy Christmas and celebrating the time of year with the people they love but there's such a thing as overkill! It should be the positive feelings from Christmas that should last all year, not commercialism and cheap tinsel!\n\nLx
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In the US, the average use is about 14,000 KWh per person per year.  I live in Canada, and our per person average is slightly higher, at about 17,000 KWh/ person/year.  However, Canada has the highest per capita electricity use of any country.  In Quebec, the number is close to 26,000 KWh/person/year.  Much of the energy in Canada comes from Hydro, while most of the energy in the US comes from coal-burning plants.
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My gas bill for the house went from $50.00 to $200.00 within 1month!!! I was so upset, but it is because the weather here dose not know what its gonna do from 1 day to the next. I have 2 kids plus my nephew and husband here...so thats a lot. The gas for our cars cost around $2.30 per gallon. Your gas company should have a payment plan for those who cant pay their bills all at once. An income based plan. Check it out.
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You will not reduce your electricity bill by improving your power factor.\nDomestic consumers are billed on kWhrs NOT on kVAhrs......\nHowever, there is a proviso......\nI²R (watts) losses due to heating of wiring/equipment  in your domestic situation will be billed. However, the extra reactive amps that cause heating losses in wiring & equipment will be so small as to be insignificant......\nSource: Electrical Engineer (ret.) with 45+yrs. experience
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Depends whether she lives in an expensive area. If you hire a cleaning service, you'll get charged about 15 $ / hr and the cleaner gets $ 7. I hired a lady privately and paid her the $ 15 / hr directly. Each Christmas, I paid her 100$ extra because she did such a nice job.
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I suggest you to save your money from now just for a week or couple days until you have enough money to buy the UPS.. because I thought the UPS now only Rp.300rb or less..I think it's cheap, so for you it's cheaper =)\nBut..the UPS doesn't solve your problem because you will still pending your job until the electricity turned on. So why don't you tell to the owner of the house to increase the electricity power, in fact you and your friends are already pay for the facilities.
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In our house we start now, slowly.  We have a christmas village, two different ones actually and they take lots of effort to put up, there are about 80 houses between the two.  We start with those now and the tree after Thanksgiving.  When I worked full time in retail I did everything now so I had time to do it before things got crazy.  I say, do as you please I love the holiday times and decorations and I love to see them so go ahead celebrate, do what makes you happy.
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It takes energy to push that current through your lights and appliances, and that's what your paying for. One way to see it is to consider that what comes out the downstream prong is at 0 volts and therefore of no use to anyone. Or, you could just wire all your lamps in series and see how that works!
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Calculate the electricity.
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I have had mine for two Christmas' and I love it!!!!  I can't imagine putting up lights again.  It's very simple and your tree should come with extra lights and also a source listed on the manual where to buy replacement bulbs.  If you are going to buy one, do invest on a pricier one.  You get what you pay for.  But what I would do is go with your old tree or a real one this year and wait until after Christmas when everything Holiday goes on huge sale, then you can get a really good one and not feel like you got ripped off for a tree.  That's what I did and I love it!!!
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Write a letter to the editor of the paper, call the company to ask what the charges are and why they are there, keep asking until you understand. \n\nCheck into converting to solar energy (which is expensive to set up but cleaner and a great green alternative.) You can have an alternative to using a ton of electricity!\n\nOther than that, going Amish is the only other choice that I know of.
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If what you say is true, then a Kw is costing about 10p which is on a par with electricity?
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I like the colored lights.  I think that  Christmas is the time of year when everyone should have lights and have lots of love and fun and yes I said "CHRISTmas" sorry for those you have gotten offended but as long as I am here I will still believe.  So put up lots of colored lights and add a few white ones with it make sure everyone can see you are in ready from Christmas.