We've seen expats rack-up $800 USD electricity bills keeping just 3 rooms cool 12 hr per day here in Merida. If you average 850 kWhr per month, you get put into the DAC rate category, and all of the 80% govt. subsidies and lower rates go away until you get your annual average usage below 850 kWhr per month. If you do central AC on just 4 rooms, and gain significant heat from duct-work exposed on rooftops, you could easily hit $1,000 - $1,200 USD or higher CFE bills, due to paying the roughly 5X higher DAC rates.
We use small-ish floor fans pointed right at us during the daytime and cool off our bedroom for an hour or 2 at bedtime = roughly $600 peso per 2 month billing cycles with the 80% subsidy on most of our power. - - Read-on MacDuff E-visit at http://yucalandia.com
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