Attic ventilation woes

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Is it possible that there are styrofoam vent channels stabled to the underside of the lower part of your roof that keep the insulation about an inch away drom the underside of the roof and allow for air flow from the soffit to flow directly against the underside of the roof? That is what should have been done. Depending on the exact situation, they may be hard to see.

Couple of questions, and pardon me in advance if they sound stupid or patronizing.

First, have you taken temperature measurements of the attic vs the outside air? High electric bills are not necessarily attic related. I

Second, is this particular soffet setup all the way around the house? It looks a bit unusual to me, but then I am not an expert. Is this a northern house, and is this some sort of Ice-Dam prevention setup? (I'm down in the DFW area, and we don't have ice dam issues.)

Okay, three questions. What kind of ventilation do you have beyond the soffets? Do you have ridge vents, power vents or Turbines, or perhaps none of the above?

Maury Wylie, TX

Thanks, guys, for taking an interest in my problem.

I live in Houston, TX, and my cooling bill is about 30% higher than neighbors with similar sized homes, despite the fact that I have solar screens and they don't. I have soffit vents and one powered fan vent near the ridge.

I spoke to one neighbor and he says he can see the white styrofoam channels in his attic. Another neighbor, with almost the exact same floor plan and vent system as mine, can see light around the edges of his attic. I see neither in mine.

If there are other things I can check to explain my high electric bills, I'm game. Are there people I can hire to analyze my house and figure it out?