A $27.00 electric bill? Seriously? Where do you live and do you have any electric appliances besides a computer?
FWIW, I’m in California but was temporarily relocated to Iowa for a year and was renting a small 1 bedroom home with only an electric frig, microwave and washer/dryer and was only home at night for about 9 hours which means I used very little electricity but my typical monthly bill was $70-$80.
Do you supplement your power with solar?
Nope, no solar. I live alone, and am at work most of the day. When I have a day off, I open the blinds during the daylight hours.
My energy conservation plan takes a somewhat different tack. I blast the air conditioner day and night in order to keep the female residents comfortable and content. That also serves a second purpose: to reduce the sometimes unwieldy balance in my checking account.
Where in Iowa did you live? Out in the country? I live across the river from Omaha in Council Bluffs, IA in a 5 bedroom house. Last month’s bill was around $50.