aqualung Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 $250 in Western Pa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Not sure what style house you have, but I have a 5 level house. They are notoriusly difficult to heat and cool. The furnace is on the lowest level. We keep the thermostat @ 68. In answer to your question..... 1253858[/snapback] Two-level rambler, 2000 sq feet equally split between surface level and basement. I should have mentioned I am on the budget scheme, so my payments are year round (a good thing, IMO). My thermostat is at 75 - I would rather spend the money and be comfortable than bundle up in layers indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyknocker Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 This past June I had a heat pump installed, WOW what a difference, just what I was looking for. Yes it was expensive, but I am reaping the rewards every day. Last winter my gas bills were two to three hundred dollars per month. This has been a mild winter but last month gas and electric combined were only $117 and we had a week of sub zero nights and zero highs. I still have a gas water heater and would have replaced it as well but its only 2 years old. So far I have nothing but good things to say about my Lennox heat pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 $252 combined gas and electric. Thermostat is stuck at 70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Last month we paid about $120 for our gas bill. Probably be a bit more this month, but haven't see it yet. House is well insulated with newer vinyl windows. About what I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Again, how are you all paying so much? $156 a month is all I'm paying in the coldest place on Earth (well, it sometimes seems like it). 1253663[/snapback] Did they raise your gas rates this year? They just raised it here by 30%. And as noted, others don't appear to be on the budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Two-level rambler, 2000 sq feet equally split between surface level and basement. I should have mentioned I am on the budget scheme, so my payments are year round (a good thing, IMO). My thermostat is at 75 - I would rather spend the money and be comfortable than bundle up in layers indoors. 1253939[/snapback] My budget plan would be $167, so not that much difference, but 75 degrees? Way to hot for me and my menopausal wife. When I was in the hospital last week the room was set @ 72 (roomate was cold all the time). I was hot the whole time and never needed a blanket. Different strokes, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Did they raise your gas rates this year? They just raised it here by 30%. And as noted, others don't appear to be on the budget. 1253992[/snapback] Yeah, they raised the budget rate by about $25 a month, IIRC. Spreading the load across the year provides insurance against seasonal spikes and total predictability for monthly costs. I use all the budget programs, as long as they aren't asking for more than I think reasonably necessary. My budget plan would be $167, so not that much difference, but 75 degrees? Way to hot for me and my menopausal wife. When I was in the hospital last week the room was set @ 72 (roomate was cold all the time). I was hot the whole time and never needed a blanket. Different strokes, I guess. 1254011[/snapback] Wife hates the cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Wife hates the cold. 1254036[/snapback] Wait a few years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Wait a few years! 1254075[/snapback] Don't need to - the flushes have been going on for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Yeah, they raised the budget rate by about $25 a month, IIRC. Spreading the load across the year provides insurance against seasonal spikes and total predictability for monthly costs. I use all the budget programs, as long as they aren't asking for more than I think reasonably necessary. 1254036[/snapback] As noted, I was on the budget plan at my apartment. I don't know what the people who had this house before us were doing, but to go on the budget now it would be $333 per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 As noted, I was on the budget plan at my apartment. I don't know what the people who had this house before us were doing, but to go on the budget now it would be $333 per month. 1254184[/snapback] You will probably need to establish your own history before doing the budget thing. You might try giving them a call and saying it's only the two of you now instead of a tribe of umpteen and offering a figure you're comfortable with for a trial period. They might go for it, they might not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) Did they raise your gas rates this year? They just raised it here by 30%. And as noted, others don't appear to be on the budget. 1253992[/snapback] We are on the budget plan, which is $108 per month. What I reported was shown on the bill as the actual gas (in dollars) used for the month of December 2005. We were not on the budget plan in 2004. edit: and they did raise the gas rates here, I can't remember how much but it was quite a bit. They also made an offer to lock in the gas rates if you paid $50, but we did not do that. Edited January 8, 2006 by Gunther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 You will probably need to establish your own history before doing the budget thing. 1254195[/snapback] That's the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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