This home has been occupied since November of 2008. It is a five bedroom/four bath walk-out rancher. It has a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index of 52 as determined by inspection and testing by a licensed HERS professional. In order to qualify for ENERGY STAR the HERS index must be below 86.

The chart below displays the energy bills for this home. The bills for an average new home would be 48% higher. Note the minimal seasonal differences that imply that the bulk load is not from heating and cooling.

The home is total electric and its electric bills were predicted to be $1,330/year (prior to Westar's rate increases that began in February of 2008). Note the increase from 6.86 to 8.64 cents per kWh from November '08 to November '09. This is a 26% increase in just one year not counting the $.50 increase in customer charge. Had the energy cost and customer charge remained fixed, the annual bill would have been $1,234.78.

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Start
End
Days

Customer
Charge

Energy
Use (kWh)
Total
Actual Bill
Cost
$ / kWh
Energy Use
per Day (kWh)
Bill at
$0.07 per kWh
11/3/2008 12/4/2008
31
$ 7.50
1479
$ 108.89
$ 0.0686 47.71
$ 111.03
12/4/2008 1/8/2009
35
$ 7.50
1691
$ 125.52
$ 0.0698 48.31
$ 125.87
1/8/2009 2/6/2009
29
$ 7.57
1936
$ 148.46
$ 0.0728 66.76
$ 143.02
2/6/2009 3/9/2009
31
$ 8.00
1128
$ 100.96
$ 0.0824 36.39
$ 86.46
3/9/2009 4/6/2009
28
$ 8.00
1232
$ 117.32
$ 0.0887 44.00
$ 93.74
4/6/2009 5/6/2009
30
$ 8.00
1097
$ 106.69
$ 0.0900 36.57
$ 84.29
5/6/2009 6/5/2009
30
$ 8.00
1043
$ 103.39
$ 0.0915 34.77
$ 80.51
6/5/2009 7/7/2009
32
$ 8.00
1606
$ 165.03
$ 0.0978 50.19
$ 119.92
7/7/2009 8/4/2009
28
$ 8.00
1605
$ 164.93
$ 0.0978 57.32
$ 119.85
8/4/2009 9/3/2009
30
$ 8.00
1571
$ 161.28
$ 0.0976 52.37
$ 117.47
9/3/2009 10/5/2009
32
$ 8.00
916
$ 89.20
$ 0.0886 28.63
$ 71.62
10/5/2009 11/3/2009
29
$ 8.00
1050
$ 99.30
$ 0.0870 36.21
$ 81.00
Annual Totals
365
$ 94.57
16354
$ 1,490.97
   
$ 1,234.78
11/3/2009 12/7/2009
34
$ 8.00
1193
$ 111.06
$ 0.0864 35.09
$ 91.01
12/7/2009 1/8/2010
32
$ 8.00
2061
$ 182.56
$ 0.0847 64.41
$ 151.77