11-30-08, 11:19 AM | #1 |
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Utility Bill Overview
Ok, so I received this month's utility bill which also includes showing what I used per month this year, plus last years usage and how I did for both electricity and gas. You'll notice that certain months are estimated. The ones that aren't show how well I did with electricity. The gas one varies from year to year, but it should start going down now that I've adjusted my thermostate properly. The only thing I have on gas is my heat. Hot water tank is totally electrical. Which begs me to question how the heck I had gas usage in July. The only thing I can think of is that it got cold a few times in July this year (we didn't have a super hot summer) and I turned the heat on since our second son was born at the beginning of June. Otherwise I have no idea. In any case, I will be watching it a lot closer this next year.
So here it is. I think I did pretty good for electricity. Their estimations were WAY off. But, I guess, how are they to know that I was gonna put all these CFL's in my house. |
12-01-08, 08:39 AM | #2 |
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Do you have any overall numbers? I'm having trouble deciding which year won,
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12-01-08, 11:18 AM | #3 |
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The rough estimates are 10800 KWh last year and 10050 KWh this year...approx. Not as much as I originally thought. Looks like I have some WORK to do. And here I thought I was doing so much better...always room for improvement I guess.
I'm not even going to look at the gas one cause this past year was mighty cold...and I wasn't using my thermostat timer as well as I should have. |
12-01-08, 01:12 PM | #4 |
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Great. Glad to see another member chiming in with their energy usage.
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