I just got my gas & electric bill today. It was for 2/3 of November & 1/3 of December.

My bill was about $60 higher than it was at this time last year.

I paid about $165 for gas & $35 for electric.



And as an aside, prices at the pump are still high here too. Current prices in town: $2.499 for Regular Unleaded (85-86 Octane).



So, what are all of you paying?

Too G0dd@mn much. And we're on the budget plan to make it supposedly less painful.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2005 08:44PM by wurm.

Zero, I live in SoCal.

Ah, the joys of Cali living.

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well, for gas i paid $133 on budget, the bill itself was $154.

my budget year restarted with this bill. it was $82.

electric budget is $48. i didn't note what usage was.

atlanta/1400sq.ft ranch

Last month's bill here in North Central Iowa, 1800 sq. ft. home...$200 excluding electricity.

I set the thermostat to 65º.

The next bill will be worse.

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him carry me, and yet assure myself and others
that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his
lot by all possible means — except by getting off
his back. - Leo Tolstoy, novelist and Philosopher
(1828-1910)

$155 budget plan for nat. gas heat and $80/mo for electricity. Electric cooking and w/d.
Big house though and we keep the heat at 70 in the day/ 65 at night.
Usually we have fairly mild winters, but it hasn't been above freezing much lately here in
western WA.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2005 09:45PM by Phy.

Too much.

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We live in a 3000 square foot single story all electric house with a lot of glass, a pool that circulates half the time, a hot tub that heats all the time, a water well, and lots of computer and video equipment that is on most of the time. We live in the Hill Country of Texas. Not the coldest part of the country, but we have had a couple of mid-20s nights recently.

Here are our monthly costs, KWH use, and cost per KWH for October and November for the last three years. In spite of the increasing cost per KWH, we have, without conscious conservation efforts, managed to keep our power cost in line. The figures in 2004 were extra high because our son and grand daughter were living with us. Normally we only keep half the house heated in the winter, but with them living with us we kept that half of the house warmer. Also hot water use was higher for showers and laundry and there was a chronic problem of no lights ever being turned off.

Oct 03 Nov 03
2834KWH 3418KWH
$215.99 $265.54
8¢/KWH 8¢/KWH

Oct 04 Nov 04
3453KWH 2778KWH
$300.84 $245.35
9¢/KWH 9¢/KWH

Oct 05 Nov 05
2263KWH 2160KWH
$255.07 $244.23
11¢/KWH 11¢/KWH

Haa...one of the benefits of being a grad student. University Apartments, no cost heating, electricity, water, sewage or garbage. I DO have to pay for cable tv ($18/mo) and internet (T1 maybe? Campus network $14/mo). Still have my window wide open thanks to the Macs working overtime these last few weeks.

$425 to top off my 275 gal. oil tank in Oct.
Historically, I'll need 500 gallons/yr.
Heat and hot water/oil.

Ave. $28.00/mo. electric.
Added a well pump three weeks ago, don't know what
t hat'll bump the electric up to.
No gas.


I miss my wood stove (chimney condemned and torn down), and close to 80degree temps indoors in Jan.

I've lived in Mass. almost my whole life and I still hate the cold.
Maybe more so now that I can't ski anymore.

What does it cost for me to open the blinds in the morning and let the sunsine in?

I live roughly 100 yards from the pacific ocean in So Cal, never gets really hot or cold here.

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I live roughly 100 yards from the pacific ocean in So Cal, never gets really hot or cold here.

i hate you!

…bfd took advantage of the 20/20 plan from the local electric company … if you cut your electrical usage 20% for the summer months of June-Sept, you got a 20% rebate for those months on your November bill … so last month, bfd paid $25 for both gas and electricity…

(it hardly makes a dent in the thousands of dollars he's been gouged over the past 7 years since deregulation, the Enron scandal and the statewide power hokum …)

Never thought I'd see the day when Fuel Oil would be higher
than gasoline, $2.42/gal. Now gasoline is going back up, I
guess for the Christmas travel days, any excuse to go up. I'm
burning some wood but my health did not allow me to cut much wood
this past year and so I have very little. I've got it going
wide open tonight, there's an Ice Storm coming.
Gratefull1

I'm paying just over $200 on an equal payment plan here in NJ, but I've heard of others that aren't on the plan have already been socked with a whopping bills of $700 and above.

By the way, it's 15 degrees here at the moment.

Not much. When we bought our house, the winter gas bills were huge...something like $400/month. We decided to invest in energy efficiency measures...much more insulation, replacing crappy windows, buying an efficient water heater, replacing the dying forced air system with hydronic radiant heating, etc. Now our bills are something like $50/month and we're vastly more comfortable. Nothing can beat radiant floors...forced air sucks!

2 x 800 sf units with one furnace and two ovens and water heaters = about $180 total for last period. Summer months as little as $40 total. Expecting the bad months to push $300 this year.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
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I paid about $15 last month for my water heater. Does that count?
Im also in SoCal Palm Springs area. Gets a little chilly but nothing a blanket cant handle.

Carm

Our gas company got a 37% raise this year. Our bill went from 80.00 nov., last year, to over 170.00 nov., this year. That's quite the 37% increase, huh? kj.

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> Zero, I live in SoCal.
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> Ah, the joys of Cali living.

Inattentive to detail we Californians are, what about the cost of the live-in gardner/poolman/wife's boytoy, you know the guy that goes around and shuts the windows at night.

Thats what we do . . . . shut the windows at night. That electric meter from May to October is heart attack territory.

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I burn pallets so there is no direct cost other than my time to retrieve and cut.

Gas bill is still around $35-$40/month on the budget plan for hot water, cooking and dryer. Electric runs $55-65/m with a waterbed (gone at the end of this month) 55 gal fish tank and 5 computers 24/7. No electrical appliances.

And yeah...gas went up about .20/g in the last week or so.

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I'll agree with Larry, too much.

It's probably double what it used to be just a few years back. And yes, it's So Cal with natural gas.

I live in a big old Victorian house with oil heat and steam radiators in NJ. I am paying $2.55/gal for heating oil, and I go through about 190 gallons/month in the coldest winter months. Elec and gas are less than $100/month combined, thankfully. I just sock away some money in the summer for use in the winter.

The funny thing is, I had cellulose insulation blown into my walls and attic and new thermal windows installed and my fuel usage has only decreased by 10% or so. The house is never drafty and is a heck of a lot quieter inside, though.

i live in so cal as well. bill usu $17/mo, that doubles in winter. tstat stays at 55 degrees thru end of jan.

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I'm moving to California....

Mjgkramer, with those kinds of loads, I'd strongly suggest that you look into solar heating for the pool and hot tub. The investment will pay for itself in no time flat in your area. Also note that there is a 30% federal tax credit for solar starting jan 1 (though it might be limited to domestic hot water, not sure about pools).