How much electricity should I pay ?

Sounds like you guys need to cut back on electricity use. Meters rarely are incorrect, and unless other people's landlords are paying considerably more of the electricity than you, you probably are just plain using too much. Easy things to do to cut back: * Lights out when not in room. * Keep chargers unplugged when devices are on you. * Turn off TV and computer when you are not using them. (I tend to leave tv on as background noise, but am doing much less so these days, or am trying to) * Get compact flourescent (the funky looking bulbs instead of incandescent - traditional bulbs) If you do ALL of these and don't see a considerable chunk off the bill the next time the meters read, then something else may be up. For example, hallway lighting, power for another apartment could be hooked into your breaker. Lots of apartments have crap like this and the owners don't even know it. How to figure if this is the case: shut off everything in your apartment (and unplug fridge for few minutes) and see if meter moves. Everything means anything with a plug or a switch.

Do you have electric heat, electric kitchen stove, electric hot water heater? These are the three largest consumers of electricity in a house. If you have an electric hot water heater and have 3 guys taking daily showers, THAT could be a large part of your problem right there. In one of my rental units I reduced the electric bill by 1/3 just by installing a solar hw heater for the 3 adults who live there. At my own home, I have cut the electric bill in half by putting in solar hot water and changing to a gas kitchen stove. If you are cooking, heating, and heating water for three showers daily with electricity, that could be a BIG part of your bill right there. I figure you've probably got 3 computer systems going...probably a TV and a video game, maybe a stereo or two. Chargers for your phones, maybe iPods as well. Now, fridge...probably mostly empty except for some beer and a few pieces of stale pizza (empty fridges run more than full ones...buy more beer!). How old is your fridge? Non-energy star appliances use LOTS more electricity than newer ones. Are people using electric grooming appliances? electric toothbrush? blow dryer? My nephew blew the circuit breakers for my entire house with his hair straightener last weekend!! Some of those things suck down a LOT of energy and if you leave it plugged in next to the sink, it can put a big dent in your wallet at electric bill time! How about cooking? Is each one of you going in and cooking up some eggs, grilled cheese, heating a pizza? That uses a lot more electricity than one meal for the lot of you. Are you leaving the house with a heater, air conditioner or fan running? What about electric blankets? Lights? How many computer printers do you have and are they constantly on, or do you turn them on each and every time you want to use them? It is conceivable that you are using that much power. Are you getting a copy of the electric bill for your unit? You should be. And you can monitor your usage on a daily basis...just go to your meter, read it, go back the following day at about the same time and read it again, subtract to find your usage for the day in question. Do this for a week, add up your daily usage and divide by 7 to find your average daily usage, then compare that against your average daily usage on the bill. If there is a huge discrepancy, then something is rotten in Denmark and you need to speak to your landlord about it. If it is roughly the same, though, then you gotta either pay up or start getting serious about saving electricity.

"Jon" and "Amanda" gave good answers, but for my money, the 4th paragraph of "Dawn G" answer is the "key" to solving the riddle. Landlord could be pulling a fast one on you. Or you really are using more than you think. And there is the remote possibility that something is attached to your service that shouldn't be. Good luck.

lets take intio consideration, a fridge, a stove, lights being on, potentially 3 computers being on all the time, a tv, game consoles... It could potentially be possible if you have all that running, including microwaves nd toaster ovens.

Check with the power company. Maybe the meter isn't working correctly.