gas bill WOW

[OdiN]

I pay about $150 a year for all the gas I use.

 

[Scarpozzi]

You need to look into reinsulating your place or possibly switching to small electric space heaters next winter. Space heaters are less efficient when compared collectively to whole-house solutions, but at least they will heat where you are rather than the whole home and waste all that money.

 

[Ramma2]

I live in Minnesota, and we pay 77$ a month every month.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: FrozenCanadian
Depends where you live. I'm on Canada/US border Near NY. I paid well over $1k this winter so if your in a northern state $80 a month is too low. If you are in a northern state then a 1K bill is acceptable (if you ignore there stupidity). If you are in a southern state then fight it.

I'm in Toronto, so i guess it makes sense.

Hop onto Union Gas and get equal billing... eliminates all those problems.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Doesn't equal billing work out to be more though? I mean you pay a set rate each month so this doesn't happen, but wouldn't that add up to be more?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: FrozenCanadian
Depends where you live. I'm on Canada/US border Near NY. I paid well over $1k this winter so if your in a northern state $80 a month is too low. If you are in a northern state then a 1K bill is acceptable (if you ignore there stupidity). If you are in a southern state then fight it.

I'm in Toronto, so i guess it makes sense.

ya, i live in Yardly PA in a 3000 sq ft house, we've averaged about $250.00 / month from dec to march.

so, ya, given toronto and a similar sized house, i'm willing to guess you guys used more heat than we did here in Philly area.

 

[Midlander]

I think the company made a mistake in their estimate. I would bet the actual figure is real and accurate.

Welcome to the fold of those who don't like high energy prices.

 

[imported_Phil]

Um, do you guys pay a lot for your gas, or do you just use a lot of it?
Back in our old place, our gas bill during the winter months (which, let's face it, are pretty warm compared to yours) were not that much different from the summer. Say, £30 a month, which is something like $50-$55.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: MrBond
When I was in undergrad, we rented an old house near campus with natural gas heating. It wasn't uncommon for that to happen to us too, we'd get regular looking bills, then one month it'd be insane.

I'm so glad I moved out. The house was impossible to heat, we kept it at 60 most of the time and put that window-sealing plastic on all the windows. The front door leaked so bad we had to seal it off entirely with that clear plastic and use the back door.

Then in the winter, since there was no attic ventillaton, the heat would just build up in the house and not go anywhere, so the upstairs would be insanely hot. My room was in the basement and after long periods of hot weather, it'd be the same temperature in there as the rest of the house (not cool like a basement usually is). We'd run electic bills of $200+ each month in the summer because we had window+ceiling fans going in every room 24x7.

I'll never live in an old house like that again if I can help it. New construction rocks!

I must have bought your house last summer...

My house was built in 1908 and still appears to have the original windows.

In any case, my bill shows via graph the estimated readings vs the actual reading. It seems that they usually read every other month and estimate the rest. And...gas rates just skyrocketed in te last few months. $1000 is not unreasonable. My gas service is now on a budget billing thing where they estimate total usage for the year based on previous usage patterns, then divide by 12. My "budget" bill is $222/mo.

 

[Dubb]

if I ever buy a home, the first thing that's going in is an evacuated tube system.

 

[imported_Baloo]

That $1000.00 bill the OP is talking about is over and above what has already been paid. So the total for the five months is actually much higer.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: KLin
Damn, your guys' gas bills look like my electric bill during the summer time . Well maybe not as much because I'm in an apartment .

yeah, my electric bill in the summer is far higher than the gas bill during the winter, seems a little overpriced.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: FrozenCanadian
Depends where you live. I'm on Canada/US border Near NY. I paid well over $1k this winter so if your in a northern state $80 a month is too low. If you are in a northern state then a 1K bill is acceptable (if you ignore there stupidity). If you are in a southern state then fight it.

I'm in Toronto, so i guess it makes sense.

I'm in the GTA as well. We actually had to go on equalized payments when we received our December Gas bill. $290!! They read our meter ever other month.

 

[intogamer]

Heat and water is included in the rent

 

[Tiamat]

For TO, that sounds about right, unfortunately

Keeping warm is damn expensive.

 

[blahblah99]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I live in Los Angeles and I'm not sure if my heater even works

Me neither... I'm in orange county and the last time I checked, my gas bill was avg. $22/mnth due to cooking.

 

[dxkj]

you were paying 80 a month during the winter, what else did you expect? you didnt pay then, so you pay now

 

[mrrman]

doesnt sound right at all

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Sabot
Doesn't equal billing work out to be more though? I mean you pay a set rate each month so this doesn't happen, but wouldn't that add up to be more?

Yes, a little bit... I pay $110.00/month equal billing... at the end of the year, they let me know how much I over paid and give me a credit onto my bill... then I don't actually pay again until April or May because of the credit...

 

[sandmanwake]

Time to install a wood burning pot belly stove.

 

[Linux23]

I say shut off the heat, and rough it out in your house from now on.