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Off Topic Forums => Off Topic Forum => Topic started by: wolfter on March 01, 2014, 03:53:59 pm
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Just curious how much everyone's heating bill increased lately. I completely don't understand my latest bill. We've had the same frigid cold this entire season and the gas bill has been running around $150. Which I thought was high considering It's set on 50 most of the time except when I'm there and I turn it up to 60.
Today, I rec'd the latest gas bill; a whopping $450.00!!!! I will be using the fireplace more often in the future.
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Just curious how much everyone's heating bill increased lately. I completely don't understand my latest bill. We've had the same frigid cold this entire season and the gas bill has been running around $150. Which I thought was high considering It's set on 50 most of the time except when I'm there and I turn it up to 60.
Today, I rec'd the latest gas bill; a whopping $450.00!!!! I will be using the fireplace more often in the future.
With a jump that big in the bill I would at least call and ask for an explanation . Hope its not a leak but you would have smelled a leak that big I bet .
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With a jump that big in the bill I would at least call and ask for an explanation . Hope its not a leak but you would have smelled a leak that big I bet .
The only thing that uses gas is the furnace and I recently had it serviced. They pressure tested the lines when I had gas installed as it hadn't had any for 3 years. I'm hoping it's some sort of clerical error as that just seems crazy.
Hell, my mother keeps her home at a toasty 90 degrees and never sees bills even remotely close to that and her entire home uses gas; stove, furnace, fireplace and hot water.
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Ahh! that happened to me when I 1st moved to ABQ, I had a $398.56 bill for a 1200 sq. ft. 2 bedroom condo I was living in, I called the gas & electric co. to complain about this as my monthly bill would only be $117.60 per month...
So they told me that they'd send someone out
to come and reread my meter(s) turns out that it was a mistake, but I had already paid the bill so for about 2 to 3 months they credited me back the $398.56 and I didn't have a bill for about 2 to 3 months...
woofy, they do make mistakes all the time, so call them, and you just might be surprised if it's actually an error :)
HUGS
DEN
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That's certainly what I'm hoping happened. I might have to borrow from my flooring fund just to pay the bills... :(
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There's no way that can be right. Is there a Real Services there, or it may be called Council on Aging? Here they will do free weatherization for low income households, even if you're a single person. I would check into that to see if that's available there. In the meantime, I would raise hell.
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Unfortunately, I can't do anything until Monday. I'm going on the premise that something is wrong. I don't know of any programs to help but this property wouldn't qualify anyways since it's in mine and my brother's name.
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Did the secret meth lab next door tap into your line?
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Did the secret meth lab next door tap into your line?
You could lend him some hot air .
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Did the secret meth lab next door tap into your line?
That's interesting you said this as I noticed something strange in the neighborhood while taking a stroll. There is one home that doesn't have a gas meter. They've resorted to putting a flex tube to allow the flow of gas. That's bold!!! I wonder if they know when the meters are being read and simply remove it around that time.
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Double ,secondary glazing / roof /floor, wall insulation / draft excluders all over the place / thermal blinds curtains / merino wool base layers/ second hand chasmire jumpers/thermal underwear/ good thick soled indoor shoes / cravats / wool scares /
hats/ electric blanket can greatly reduce power bills.
Pip Pip Greg and welcome to winters Highland,s and Island,s style and chez vock London.