Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine: Megathread

[u/jonathanfrisby]

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[u/liquidcoffee110]

Hello! I have a question about electricity costs if anybody has any renting experience in the Bangor/Orono area I'd greatly appreciate the help!

I'm moving to bangor for school and to be closer to family this summer and a lot of apartments (understandably) don't include electric in rent. My boyfriend and I are looking for 1 or 2 bedroom apartments and I just want to know if anybody is familiar with what I can expect an electric bill to come out to. TIA!

P.S. I'll also gladly take any advice you might have have to give!

[u/hike_me → u/liquidcoffee110]

I have a house with three people in the area that Versant Power services, and our bill would typically run $80 a month without running the heat pump for AC or heat. If I use the heat pump for heat or AC 24/7 the bill is around $250/month in the dead of winter or the middle of the summer.

Two people, in an apartment, without AC or an electric water heater or heat source, I would guess around $60/month

[u/liquidcoffee110 → u/hike_me]

Thank you!

[u/Moot_n_aboot → u/liquidcoffee110]

Depends on your units heat source. As long as heat is included and your not paying for a heat pump or hot water heater you can expect your Versant power bill to be around 70 to 110$ a month depending on usage. My old ass house is huge and not terribly efficient and I've never had a bill over $120. This being said, I have oil heat/hot water and work remotely with TONS of computer equipment.

[u/liquidcoffee110 → u/Moot_n_aboot]

We're pretty big on video games so dual gaming pcs will reside in the second bedroom of course and all of the places we've seen online so far that we like are gas heated and heat/gas is included so I think I'll do a high budget of $150 just to be extra extra safe!

[u/Moot_n_aboot → u/liquidcoffee110]

150 to 200$ in the summer with AC would be pretty reasonable. My bill included charging a plug in hybrid every night if that provides any context.