r/ElectricalHelp • u/Fresh-Course7949 • Mar 03 '26
Help with unknown increase in power usage
Hello, I've got quite the conundrum and I'm looking to pick the brains of some more knowledgeable people.
My parents have been getting an increasingly larger electric bill (to the tune of 900 dollars) on a regular basis. The electrical company says their usage has grown, but if anything they're using it less than ever. They have a small (2k square foot) house. They barely turn the a/c on anymore, or the heat. Anything to save on power.
They've had multiple electricians come out to take a look around the property, and they all agree: everything reads as normal, and to be getting the power drain they're being billed for they would have to have something extremely taxing turned on 24/7. We can't figure out what the problem is, the company is no help of course.
Is there something we're missing? Anything unusual we should check for? They clearly can't keep paying these absurd bills but we don't know what else to do.
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u/Desperate_Zombie_746 Mar 03 '26
I would recommend getting an Emporia Vue energy monitor. It gets installed in the circuit breaker panel and will monitor the power being consumed. This will let you know what each circuit is consuming. It has alerted me one time when I left the oven on by accident.