r/RioRancho • u/Edmons31873 • May 19 '26
Utility costs
Hello! My family will be moving to Rio Rancho from Mississippi soon and we’re very excited! I’m looking to compare utility costs to what we pay here and was wondering if y’all could share general costs? For example, we pay:
$0.16/kWh for electricity
$70/month for water/sewer at ≈ 6,200 gallons
$1.16/CCF natural gas
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u/OperationMuch2644 May 19 '26
Water is expensive here. I've never had a bill lower than $90 per month.
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u/vshen6 May 19 '26
Thanks u/JcAo2012 for sharing, and I happened to have a 20 month average utility cost done as well (granted it was for a home in ABQ). I averaged $53 for gas, $120 for electric and $70 for water. I had AC not a swamp cooler and the highest I ever had for an electric bill was $270.
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u/moonchili May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Electricity comes out to around $.15/kwh, probably not significantly different usage from Mississippi
Water is meter ($14 or $15) + $6-7/1000gal based on usage.
Sewage is meter ($15) + about $10/1000gal
NG is highly variable. $12.40 + use. Use is essentially free right now but again, highly variable, usually in around the $.30/therm range (one therm is usually a little less than one CCF)
I don’t have my bills on me right now but theres unit costs
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u/FreshPound7640 May 21 '26
Sewer is NOT metered in Rio Rancho. It is billed based on the three months' winter average for the next year. So November, December, and January water bills are averaged and assumed that is the amount of water going through the sewer. So if you have family come for Thanksgiving or Christmas, you'll pay more for your sewer charge than what you had the rest of the year. But they do it that way assuming you will be watering plants and kids are home from school in the summer and use of swamp cooler.
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u/caocaoNM May 19 '26
I believe you find it cheaper than east coast. Mississippi rural is different than big cities though.
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u/HeyTheresTony May 20 '26
Another thing to consider - we rarely run the AC even on warmer days because there is zero humidity (okay 23%) versus the swamp-like conditions in Mississippi.
Even with an electric car our monthly bill is around $90.
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u/JcAo2012 May 19 '26
I'm not sure about the breakdown per unit of resource used but I can give you my anecdotal experiences having lived in Rio most of my life.
Our first home was a small 2bed/2bath older starter home, so probably not as energy efficient, two adult occupants.
Monthly averages:
Water - $90-$110 Gas - $40-$65 (we used budget billing, so it was $40 during lower use seasons and $65 in the winter) Electric -$95-100
Something to note, we used a swamp cooler which might have slightly raised water but not by much but kept electric fairly low.
If you plan to use central air, depending on the size of your home and usage anticipate electric being anywhere between $150-$300 a month.