electricity

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out of curiosity, would anyone like to share their high/low electric bills?

i'm in a one level 3 bedroom with typically only two people home and probably one or two nights of a/c in one of the bedrooms last month, and i think our bill is outrageous (over $400). we do have a washer/dryer (new front loading high efficiency ones) but that is not new and our bill seems to continually increase.

just wondering if this really is out of the norm before i have a talk with my roommate, see the actual bill*, and maybe call the electric company.

thanks!
eta: thanks SO much for all the feedback you guys - i've never had to deal with this before so i appreciate all the things to check for (rather than just nstar screwing us for the hell of it or my roommate being shady).

*i realize those two factors could mean a lot of different things going on here, but i'd still like to get an idea of 'average' in the area :) i know you can also call and get highest/lowest bills for previous tenants, but that actually hasn't proved very useful in the past.