New Homes in Heritage- Keller ?

micaelasmakeup

Hey girls!  DH and I are thinking of buying a new home in the heritage area and are trying to get an idea of what the electricity bill may be like.

The house is 2600sf and completely energy efficient.  Thank you so so so much!

alliandchris

I live very close to Heritage. We're in Crawford Farms and our house is around 2,500 square feet, 2-story, and energy efficient. Last month, we paid $98 for our electric bill and the month before was about $78. Typically, at the height of summer, it can go up to $200-$220 though. We use Tri-County Electric. 

Hope this helps! 

micaelasmakeup

That helps big time thanks!

marykaybride

We live a bit farther north in Keller (377 and Keller-Haslet), but we use Tri-County for electric as well. It's a co-op, so you pretty much have to use them if you live in their service area (which is pretty much all of Keller). Our electric bills in our 2600 sf 2-story house are less than our 840 sf apartment was with Reliant. Our bill for last month was $71. Our highest bill this winter was $150 and our highest bill last summer was $130. We use the air or heat whenever we need it, so we're not sitting around being uncomfortable to have a lower bill. We do have ceiling fans and our roof has some kind of solar blocking stuff built in, so that helps too.

purplegirl_2008

We live in Keller and also use TXU.  Our house is 2 story but 4,000 sf so our bills are higher than PP but our average for 2008 was $305.  The house is energy efficient new construction but we definitely don't like to be hot in the summer or cold in the winter hence our higher bills.

MrsMeg

Make sure you're comparing the same thing- does the house you're looking at have gas for heat? 

Our elec bills are MUCH higher than stated here but we only have elec heat (no gas to our house at all) and it is expensive

alliandchris

Good point, MrsMeg! 

We have a gas heat and stove/oven and so that makes a difference too. 

marykaybride

marykaybride:

We live a bit farther north in Keller (377 and Keller-Haslet), but we use Tri-County for electric as well. It's a co-op, so you pretty much have to use them if you live in their service area (which is pretty much all of Keller). Our electric bills in our 2600 sf 2-story house are less than our 840 sf apartment was with Reliant. Our bill for last month was $71. Our highest bill this winter was $150 and our highest bill last summer was $130. We use the air or heat whenever we need it, so we're not sitting around being uncomfortable to have a lower bill. We do have ceiling fans and our roof has some kind of solar blocking stuff built in, so that helps too.

ETA: Our house is entirely electric - no gas.

Whitbell

Hi, We currently own a house in Heritage.  It is a little over 3000 sq feet and 12 foot ceilings in a few rooms.  During the cooler months, it was very inexpensive as we would turn the upstair unit off unless we were up there.  SUmmer time, June-August ran about $250-$300 depending on what we kept it at.  I LOOOOOVE Heritage neighorhood and miss it.

We also used the Tri-Country Electric Cooperative.