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Your home
Eight quick taps. There are no wrong answers, “not sure” is always fine, and none of it leaves your browser unless you sign in and ask us to keep it. Watch the number as you go: that’s the tour recalculating itself around you.
Don’t know much about the place you live? Skip ahead and we’ll use a typical home.
A ZIP or a city sets a mixed climate and your state’s typical rate of 17.5¢ per kWh — prices we have by state, not by street.
Your home, estimated
$191/mo
$2,292 a year · $1,774 electric + $518 other fuel
Electricity
10,138 kWh
per year
Heat-related
79%
of the money
A model, not a meter. Your real bill will differ, but the proportions should feel familiar.
Why we ask
Averages hide the answer. A gas-heated apartment in Oregon and an all-electric house in Connecticut have almost nothing in common, and the right advice for one is wrong for the other. The rest of the tour is computed from what you just chose.
Your home is mapped
Everything that follows is about a home like yours: about $191/mo on energy, 79% of it heat. Come back and change anything anytime.