i am on a budget plan and this year, it's $111 a month. Last year's bill was $122 a month on budget. The garage is a separate bill that hubby pays and it runs around $40-$60 a month. He has an old fridge for his beer and our chest freezer plus all his power tools and welding equipment. He doesn't use the tools every day so his average bill is around $45
I had an electric cooktop but now I have propane. i still have electric oven but I try not to use it. I do have an old upright freezer that I know uses a lot of electricity and would love to get a newer one. I'd also love to get rid of my old oven ('85). I'd love to get rid of my 'fridge and get a new one. Mine is from '93, but prices are so out of reach that I'm patiently watching for both a used oven and a used 'fridge. I bought a new dishwasher 2 years ago since my old one was falling apart. (It was 20 years old.)
Since it's only 2 of us and we have tons of clothes, I really only have to do the wash once a month and I do it during the night/early morning hours. It's only one dryer load, 3 at the most. I begged for outdoor lines but he put them on the porch above the grills, so I couldn't use them to hang slacks, towels, or sheets. We have no other place to put them since we live in the woods.
Our old TV (18 years old) died last year so we got a new one that states it should only cost $9-%40 a year to use, but since I rarely sleep, it certainly won't be $9 as it's on 24/7.
THe house is 3/4 underground so air conditioning is only necessary when it gets near 100 and then I only need it for about 4 hours a day. I keep the doors shut and use fans during the day. The house lighting is all fluorescent except the dining area but they use the flame style incadescent which I'd like to change.
For heat, we use a small coal & wood stove in the fall before the cold days and nights, then we start the Central Boiler which is an outside wood furnace. We have it hooked up to the electric water heater, too, so our bill is a little cheaper in the winter. The wood is free. Hubby has always worked with logging and people call him when they need a tree or two taken down.
My dream is a new fridge, upright freezer and oven. I'll need to win the lottery for those items since pricing new would run the price of a "new" used car.