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How many months have you been in the unit? Can you see your electric meter? When it's spinning like mad, unplug the refrigerator and see how much difference it makes. That would be an astonishing electrical bill even for a broken refrigerator. I am wondering if there's another unit, or something outside of your unit, that is tied into your meter.
we've been here since dec 5th so 2 month's in a week and 2 days.

We verified that it was indeed the fridge, and it has been replaced. They are going to take the amount of $150 that we paid for the new fridge from the rent of $800. The meter was at 130 kw per hour with the broken fridge and us using the pellet stove for heat. We recently had a chimney fire because the landlord (husband) put the thing in wrong, and we've been using base board heat the past day and a half. The meter is at 90 kw per hour now, which is much lower, and we're using inefficient heating of which is 60% of that reading.

We are a free standing house, on a rural road.