My electric bill now if paltry, probably $100 a month, which is a third of what it was in Ohio, but in large part because of the surface area thing and that hot water is included in the HOA. The hot water even feeds our heat pumps, as I understand it, so the heat pump does little more than run the fan. We have a lot of window surface area, but only on two sides.
Georgia Power is building two more nukes and I expect that will/has bump my rates at some point. I think I'm paying about 5 cents per now.
The nukes nearly got shut down half built, but they muddled through apparently. I'm not sure who ran the economics on them. I keep hearing that wind and solar are way cheaper, as is NG.
Our HOA is fairly steep, almost $900, but when I look at what I was paying to own the house, cable and internet, utilities, painting, etc., it is about break even, maybe better. And we have a pool and gym and 24/7 front desk and underground parking etc. At one condo nearby, the residents have to pay $160 per parking space in addition to their HOA, per month. Ouch.