A Mānoa Girl's Bloggie

So. It started in January, when we got an electric bill for $725.00. OMG. Portland General was more than willing to help us out financially, but I went ahead and paid it (who needs to eat, right?) Suspecting that it was our heat pump, I called out our usual heating/a/c company. After investigating, the guy said it was probably our thermostat, and told us that a new one like the one we had would be $800, but he could install a smart/wi-fi one for half that, which would be cheaper than trying to fix the heat pump. I said okay. $464.00. But the problem was, we still weren’t getting any heat, and I didn’t like the thermostat. It lit up every time I walked by it and I felt like it was spying on me. Also, even though the tech had set it to not use the heat strips till the outside temperature was 25°, our emergency heat was coming on anyway even though temps were in the 30s, using the heat strips, and PGE told me when I checked the website that at that rate our next bill would be $849.00. Needless to say, I shut off the entire system.