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doc03

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19. I have a 2 BR house with total electric. My latest bill was for $247 and last month it was $157.

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sat Jan 29, 2022, 09:41 AM

Jan 2022

But last month the average temperature was 38 degrees over 32 days. This month the average temperature was 30 degrees
over 35 days and I used an additional 736 KWH. The average temperature was 8 degrees cooler this billing cycle there were 3 extra
days and I used 736 KWH more electric. I have average billing, so I pay roughly $150 year around. I keep my temperature at
69 degrees 24/7/365. Last January I used $222 but it was an average of 2 degrees warmer and there were 3 days less in the billing cycle. There are two 40" high pressure gas lines about 300 yards from my house sending our gas someplace north but we don't have gas available to us.

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Got my December gas bill. Holy cow! Seniors on fixed [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 OP

Ouch, that's quite an increase. Emile Jan 2022 #1

And everyone is saying the same thing. Bills leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #2

You talk to people around here Biden is jacking Emile Jan 2022 #4

My utility company allows you to spread out your utility payments over 12 months. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #3

My utility company is owned by a government agency...natural gas prices just dropped 15%. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2022 #7

I do level billing on my electric True Blue American Jan 2022 #8

Ours also. It's a coop, so the fees stay fairly aligned with costs, Hortensis Jan 2022 #26

My coop is the way also. They are now stringing fiber everywhere for internet. LiberalArkie Jan 2022 #27

:) Marvelous! Reminds me of friends we lost track of over time Hortensis Jan 2022 #38

We're burning lots more gas for electrical generation, instead of coal and nuclear Klaralven Jan 2022 #5

On Top Of That... ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #51

Look for another supplier...I have cut my bill that way. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #6

Same here. True Blue American Jan 2022 #9

Unlike oil, electric and natural gas utilities are usually monopolies. FailureToCommunicate Jan 2022 #13

Look for another supplier?????? Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #23

Less reaction, more checking it out maybe? You may well be able Hortensis Jan 2022 #33

Less assumptions, more understanding Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #42

We pay nothing to switch utilities and we have a coop which I belong to. Our bills have been pretty Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #47

Do you have competing water and septic services you can switch to? Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #53

We don't have that option. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #30

Where do you live? Also, consider a pellet fireplace. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #48

wow. barbtries Jan 2022 #10

$190 last year; $250 this year, same usage. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #11

Wow! That's robbery! n/t rainin Jan 2022 #34

Half the homes in Pa rely on natural gas for heat. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #37

Wait, so the oil and gas extracting billionaires lied when they told us we would Snarkoleptic Jan 2022 #12

My oil doubled Tickle Jan 2022 #14

Curious how it compared year on year? JT45242 Jan 2022 #15

That's quite the jump richdj25 Jan 2022 #16

I'm wearing my Carhartts around the house now. multigraincracker Jan 2022 #17

that is a big increase.. Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #18

I have a 2 BR house with total electric. My latest bill was for $247 and last month it was $157. doc03 Jan 2022 #19

As I get older Woodwizard Jan 2022 #20

Huh, mine was low Johnny2X2X Jan 2022 #21

Please have that new furnace checked by the installer Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #22

It's the whole neighborhood. Bills just got to people leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #24

Older home? Takehikes Jan 2022 #25

I use wood for heat. I have for many years. panader0 Jan 2022 #28

Same here in Minnesota NickB79 Jan 2022 #35

Shocking gas bill. Tracer Jan 2022 #29

Mine is nearly the same... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #31

Our propane has doubled over the winter RainCaster Jan 2022 #32

It was very high here too, something about the 2020 Historic NY Jan 2022 #36

Our bill was $100 higher. shrike3 Jan 2022 #39

325 here in Wisconsin, we had quite a few single digit temp days. sarcasmo Jan 2022 #40

Ours doubled as well Meowmee Jan 2022 #41

Same here wryter2000 Jan 2022 #43

Sam here with SDGE FreeState Jan 2022 #52

Mine doubled. moondust Jan 2022 #44

Here it is being blamed on that huge mess in leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #45

Maybe in Texas but moondust Jan 2022 #46

Wow! iemanja Jan 2022 #49

$133... myohmy2 Jan 2022 #50