Ouch Emily,

What type of electric heat are you using? Are you using the baseboard heaters? Because those are outrageously expensive. Go over to Wal-mart and get several of those ceramic portable heaters. We used to use those exclusively and the worst bill we had was about 250. The baseboard heaters just oooze the warm air out..while the little ceramic ones blow the warm air into the room. Just with the dogs make sure they are ones that turn off when tipped over. VERY IMPORTANT feature.

This last summer we had central air and heat put in our home and love it. It uses oil heat and our bills have dropped dramatically. It should pay for itself in about 5 years or so. We now have about 80 dollar a month electric and 60 dollar a month oil. And that is with the electric stove, hot water heater and dryer.

Denyce