Electric costs in Puna

[exdep425]

Along with our hunt for a house near Pahoa, we would like to know what an average power bill runs for a house with about 1,500 sq ft. Since there is not much of a weather change there can I assume the rates run the same year round? Here in Oregon it is $50 a month from April through Sept, then jumps as high as $300 a month Oct through March. The more we learn the more we can prepare for living there. Thanks again.
Larry in Oregon

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[Tolleys]

exdep425,
Not sure about the rate changes during the year.

We recently moved to HPP and are renting a 1,200 sqft house with gas stove and water heater, 2 adults with computers, flat screen TV stero system. Our first full month electric bill is $81.

With 1 1/2 months of service electricity averages .38/KwH. This is about 4X more expensive then Arizona, our former hometown.



Susan

[macuu222]

We have an 1800 sf home in HPP with electric everything and just 2 people and our monthly bill is always around $250.00 a month. No air conditioners....just ceiling fans (they are on constantly) and electric hot water heater, electric dryer and hot tub out on the deck.

[Carey]

Hawaii county rates (Helco) are just about $0.33/kW (or a little over 3X national ave.). To ask how much your bill will be would really depend on what you plan to have & how you plan to live.
When we moved, we looked at every single item that needed eletricity, that really helped us sort what things electrically to ship. In the over 2 years here, our bill has yet to go over $75/mo. A little over .5 years was in a 2 bedroom rental house near the ocean on catchment, with slightly older appliances, inc. all elec stove. For the last 1.5+, we have been totally gutting our 4 bedroom house, county water (no electric water pumping), no stove installed, but a huge Trio refrig (energy star) and a lot more electric tools & compressor than I hope we will have running daily SOON.
The biggies on electic use are any heating/cooling (stove, dryer, dehumidifier, AC) and running a pump (water or pool)
Also look at eliminating tube type monitors & tv's as they need a lot more eletricity to run. We also have power cutoffs on everything except the refrig., to minimize silent draws and have no incandescent lights - We are starting to get energy star & LED lights for the remodel.



Edited by - carey on 10/06/2007 12:31:29

[Lokahi]

Carey
i revere your posts and am curious about what you refer to as a "power cut off". please educate me.
mahalo

[Lee G]

Larry,
Our home is all electric and we average around $200-$250 per month. Electric water heater, electric stove, microwave, electric dryer, 42 inch plasma tv, computer..

[John S. Rabi]

You can save a lot by having your water heater on a timer.

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[ericlp]

$50 a month from April through Sept, then jumps as high as $300 a month Oct through March.

300 bucks in Oregon at 7 cents a KiloWatt? Wow.. I'm from oregon too and had a 1500SQ FT home all electric and we never got over 100 bucks a month yes even in winter.

Well, in hawaii power is a sticker shock. Then you come to the Big Island and it's even more of a sticker shock. I don't know why power is any more expensive from Oahu to Hilo...

Anyway... Average cost per kilowatthour
Residential is 31.03 per hour vs. 7 cents for Oregon. You can do the math... Basically air condoning is not in your vocabulary unless your rich...

Your coming from Hydro Power to Old clunky generators that run off dino fuel here in hawaii.

Best bet is to run anything that is 220 off of gas and buy the most efficient appliances you can.

[Carey]

To power off an appliance, we have switched most outlets, our alarm clock outlet and refrigerator outlets are not powered off, nor is the smoke detector circuit. We have an on demand elec. water heater. All other outlets are switched off when the appliance is off.



Edited by - carey on 10/08/2007 14:35:03