riddler 0 #1 December 18, 2005 It's been cooooold this month in Colorado. Just the natural gas part of my bill - $207 More than twice what it was last month. What about you?Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #2 December 18, 2005 $83.98 In the winter the electricity bills go down. Its the summer months with a/c that are expensive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #3 December 18, 2005 Dude, close the window and turn your thermostat to 67. My bill totaled $51.32 for the month of November. Actually only used $14.50 in gas, $16$ in "Basic Service Charges" and $22 in electricity. Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #4 December 18, 2005 Windows are closed. Don't leave the house much when it's cold. Gonna start working on better insulation plans for areas of the house that are colder. Thermostat is at 70 - going down to 65 as of now. This bill includes the last 20 days of November and the first 12 of December. So, it's not going to match a bill that's entirely November. Edit - electricity was another $64, for a grand total of $271 from Xcel energy.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #5 December 18, 2005 You REALLY wanna know...?!?! Just over 800.00... Which is a relief from the COOLING costs we had this past summer! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #6 December 18, 2005 QuoteJust over 800.00...Shocked What are you heating? A hangar? Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #7 December 18, 2005 You're right. I just ran out and read my meter. November used 13 ccf of gas. From last meter reading I've used 23 ccf of gas for a cost of $25.73. By the time they read the meter in ten days it will probably be 35ccf of gas. Maybe not 35 ccf. The first few weeks in Iowa have been pretty cold. $200 seems a little excessive. One of the guys at work has a place about the same size as mine and had a bill in the $200 range. His roommate likes to turn the heat up and then when it's "too hot" to sleep, open the window. Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #8 December 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteJust over 800.00...Shocked What are you heating? A hangar? *** I WISH! No, I think we have the very house the movie 'Money Pit' was based on!! It's a beautiful older home (30 years) that's 4000 sqft on a couple acres in the oldest section of a now yuppie 'cracker box home' commuter community. It's been touted as the 'best lot' in town, as this place was originally built by the guy that started this community way back when... He was from California...and it has a lot of west coast design in it...we're in the middle of town but also in the middle of a forest..so it has close to 50 ....(get this) single pane windows...looking out at 'nature'....Most of them are 6' x 4'..or a variation on that size...Insulated???? yeah right! There are two huge furnaces running just about full time all winter...but again, that's better than the 5 central air units needed to cool this joint in the summer! August electric??? 1250.00 NEVER FUCKING AGAIN! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenneth21441 0 #9 December 18, 2005 If it was me I'd invest in a digital temostate just to make sure that I was not leaving that heat on too long or when I was not at home etc........ I've heard that by turning the heat down one degree you can save like 4 to 7 percent on your heating bill a month. Ware some more cloths while in the house and turn the heat down to low 60's at night and up to 68 when you get up and youll see a big savings... Just my two cents here, Thanks Ken..Kenneth Potter FAA Senior Parachute Rigger Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA) FFL Gunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 December 18, 2005 QuoteIf it was me I'd invest in a digital thermostat just to make sure that I was not leaving that heat on too long or when I was not at home etc........ I've heard that by turning the heat down one degree you can save like 4 to 7 percent on your heating bill a month. Ware some more cloths while in the house and turn the heat down to low 60's at night and up to 68 when you get up and youll see a big savings... Just my two cents here, Thanks Ken.. *** Digital AND computerized to balance 5 separate zones within the home at specific programmable times during the day. Set at 67 during the day and 64 at night... I'm in my office now, with a sweater AND a fleece vest on! Re roofed and double insulated the walls and top this past summer...it's all this freakin' GLASS! SINGLE PANE...it's like a refrigerator door being open anywhere near a window. This (cough cough) lovely home... goes on the market in spring...Edit to add pic. It's in the 30's outside my office. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #11 December 18, 2005 I feel your pain. Mine went up as well. From $20.07 to $22.36. I might actually have to put a long sleeve shirt on. Oh, and that was for gas and electricity.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #12 December 18, 2005 Not quite 90 bones for gas - We do that budget plan thing so it's the same year-round, but we've been warned our monthly payment is going to go up. We've got a woodstove we could use that keeps the house in the 90's even when idling, but no source of cheap firewood (Runs about 75-85 bucks a face cord around here - Sheesh!) Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathaniel 0 #13 December 18, 2005 Zero in Chicago. The rental market is so topsy turvy here that you can easily find places to rent with heat included.My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morningdove831 0 #14 December 18, 2005 I'm all electric ... last month it was $47, this month it was $121. Alabama Power raised their rates, and that combined with the increased heat usage, tripled my bill! One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #15 December 18, 2005 QuoteIf it was me I'd invest in a digital temostate just to make sure that I was not leaving that heat on too long or when I was not at home etc........ If it was me, I'd move to a nice little 2 bedroom apartment in Montrose. Unless you have kids, then a 3 bedroom apartment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #16 December 18, 2005 3 teenages & 3 100 lb dogs... Good thing in addition to heating my home...I have to heat my write off...I mean 'office'... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #17 December 18, 2005 Quote3 teenages & 3 100 lb dogs... Good thing in addition to heating my home...I have to heat my write off...I mean 'office'... plus there's that whole homophobia thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #18 December 18, 2005 Quoteplus there's that whole homophobia thing. *** "Homo-mania" ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #19 December 18, 2005 I have done alot to bring down my heating bill. For starters - its stays at 64 starting November 15th - 50 from April 15th to November 15th. Our door to the deck is off limits in the winter - stopped up expandable foam and covered in plastic. All Windows (double pane replacements) are covered with a thick layer of plastic and heavy curtains. I have natural gas for my heat and hot water. If I ever get really cold I have a small electric space heater that I use (actually, I think the cats 'use' it more than me when I have it on) For the month of February last year I paid $522 for my heat (and this is living in a 3-decker, mind you - an apt. below and above us so there's heat everywhere). It took me until September to pay it all off Not looking forward to this year. But I'm glad I don't have oil. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbrian 0 #20 December 18, 2005 Zero. I don't even know if my heat works. I love this state! In a world full of people, only some want to fly... isn't that crazy! --Seal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rs2kmk5 0 #21 December 18, 2005 We use an oil fired boiler here in the UK, and it's not even been that cold - but we haad to get it filled in time for the festive period, so I had a small 1096 litres delivered at a cost of £340 - about $550??? Just what you need this time of year hey! Ho ho ho- bah humbug Out of 10,000 feet of fall, always remember that the last half inch hurts the most — Captain Charles W. Purcell, 1932 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #22 December 19, 2005 That's about what mine was last month.. but during the summer it's more like $130... too bad 'summer' lasts 8 monthsThe only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #23 December 19, 2005 Riddler, The nice thing about living in a loft building in downtown denver... Everything is concrete... My bill was $45 total for heat and electricity, simply because I never use my heat because it is not needed. Now, my mortgage makes up for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NlghtJumper 0 #24 December 19, 2005 open fire in a plywood room... I aint got no heating bill! A man will do anything for the right woman, and when that woman destroys him, that man will become a hunk of meat with the common sense of a rodeo clown! ~ Christopher Titus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #25 December 19, 2005 QuoteNow, my mortgage makes up for it. I'd rather have my mortgage + heating bill than the mortgage of a loft downtown Seriously, I looked at quite a few lofts seven years ago, and found I could get three times the space, plus a two car garage, front and backyards by going less than one mile east of the business district. I can still walk downtown and live much cheaper. A little more research yields the fact that they are blaming Katrina for 40-50% increase of cost in natural gas. Could someone please tell me how a hurricane in New Orleans affects installed facilities to pipe something close to methane out of the ground in Colorado? Really, they get it right here in the state. The facilities are already in place. I mean I understand that Katrina makes it more expensive for whatever equipment and trucks use gasoline. But a 40-50% increase in natural gas? I think that's stretching a bit far to justify a huge price increase. Sounds to me like some greedy company is slipping some cash into the pockets of the regulators and then playing on the fact that many people don't understand the difference between natural gas and oil.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
