I live in Denmark, and my electric is about $800-$1,000/quarter. I pay about $100/month into the house heat fund year round, there are 2 flats in my house.
Electric costs here are out of control, I don't have electric heat or A/C and I use my oven sparingly, but it's still at least $200/month.
Worse though is the mandatory "media license." I didn't watch TV in the US and I don't watch it here, last time I had cable was in 1998, but now I have to pay $40 or so a month for TV whether I want it or not. They don't make it easy to save here. Such is the fun of living in a welfare state...
But at least I own my home and car free and clear so I'm not subject to the outlandish rents or crazy public transit prices.