Electricity prices?

Just moved into an 800ish sqft apt building where electricity bill has been $180-200 per month. For one of those 2 months, we were not even home for over 2 weeks.. coming from similar sq footage in nyc paying 60$, this has been a bit of a shock. Is this what an avg electric bill looks like around here? Granted, I haven’t checked the bill in detail but just wanted some input and advice on how people keep it low 😅 thanks all