Gas Bill

Nice trick, guys. My electric bill is only $26 for 2 months worth. ;) It's because it's discounted for low income.
 
Of course refrigerator uses up electricity more than other applicances because we never turned it off.

:angel:
 
Neo said:
Eww. Is health?

Dude You live Southland of California so you dont need to worry about heater for all weather. Too bad apt, cond, or house is not cheap.

If you have a well ventilated space that could be heated that's great otherwise you be paying a dear price for trying to save a few bucks.

Richard
 
BIG gas bill

Here's something that I saw on Yahoo. What would you tell gas company if this was yours? In Ohio? Cheri and Angel need to double check their next bill.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124...eISgSEZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA4cmUwbnA1BHNlYwMxNzAy

Ohio Man Floored by Gas Bill for $8,095
Tue Jan 24, 4:39 PM ET

Lewis Miller joked with his son as he opened his gas bill that the amount likely would give him a heart attack. Then, he saw that The Energy Cooperative of Newark had billed him $8,095 for the first nine days of service on his new account for his apartment.

"I thought I was just going to lay down and die," Miller said. He then had an anxious weekend because he received the bill Friday and couldn't get a hold of the gas company until Monday.

When Miller reached the Energy Cooperative, the error was corrected.

Brian Byrd, a spokesman for the utility, said the company apologized to Miller for its mistake.

"These things are very rare, but they can happen," Byrd said.

The company suspects that a contractor mixed up or misread the numbers while taking a reading of Miller's meter. The information is downloaded into a computer that checks for billing errors by looking at what a customer was charged in the past. Since Miller's account was new, there was nothing to compare it to, Byrd said.

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Information from: Times Recorder, http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
 
Because of these craps, I begin to wonder if
there are any "Insurance" to cover utilities bills
just in case if their costs went over the borderline ?

I would like the concept to keep all of these
monthly bills with the flat amount only.

I BET that there is NO such insurance to
cover electric bills, etc.
 
Reba said:
We don't have gas. We have an all-electric home. It costs us about $108 per month for everything.
Same here, Reba, we dont have gas either...we have all electric home too..the last bill was $219.00 and that was the highest we have ever paid too and its because the rate has gone up so that didnt surprise us. We did not use more than usual..its the darn rate increase. The next electric bill should not be any higher cuz the weather has been unusually warm so we did not use the heat hardly.
 
Yup, today's fridge uses less energy than it was then. I have always wanted the freezer on bottom of fridge because it is the least electricity hog of all! Know why? Cold air always go downward! But I ended up got wide by side fridge cause I wanted the convience of ice maker and water dispenser. Do I regret? No, because it STILL uses less electricity than older models anyway. (My fridge is 2002 model)
jazzy said:
Good point here. I was thinking of buying new ref since mine is 23 years old and use alot of electric. They keep saying newer models save more electric bills than older models? Got rid of old freezer and would like get new small one but chicken out on that one dunno how much it will raise our electric bills. Thanks for point out about not empty or too full ref otherwise it will burn more electric.
 
How about if we could use an ice box refrigerator in the old days? No electricity. The cold in the refrigerator last a little over 1 week. :dunno:
 
It would STILL cost more money to go this way, you have to buy ice, and it isn't cheap anyway. And pointless.

webexplorer said:
How about if we could use an ice box refrigerator in the old days? No electricity. The cold in the refrigerator last a little over 1 week. :dunno:
 
Tousi said:
That's right! If you got too much space left over, buy 3-4 Los Angeles Times Sunday paper (each avg about 600 pages every Sunday) and stick them into the fridge!
:thumb:

LOL, Tousi is so creative and funny !

Mine: 1453 KWH @ $0.0892842

I finally got this figured out by looking at the
exact total bill amount $129.79 then divide by KW 1453

I am surprised about Reba very low amount of KW only 800....
I live in a condo using more/high electric KW 1453
more than Reba's house KW 800

Is there any way to control the electric bill ?
 
Guys dont faint... to hear this..

Of course we flipped.. but qualify for low income family needs... they will pay some of it..

Our gas bill for 2 months (Nov-Dec) 463.86
Our Elec bill for 2 months (Nov-Dec) 362.24

We have been asked them why so high.. due to gas price skyrocket and up and down.
Elec do the same thing.. I asked the neighbor.. same thing..
we are very disappointed..
but glad that we got some help with it.. sigh..

Am hoping that spring comes around corner FASTER... so we dont have to turn up heat if its real cold.. we dropped our heat down to 67.. still too cold..
and we took out blubs which have 4 or 3 blubs each in the ceiling light.. to leave one blub for now.. and our two bathrooms have huge round light blubs.. we took them out.. leave 3... (it has 6)...
we have gas stove.. and avoid baking for now.. like.. cookies .. open door and shut.. every 12-13 min.. 6 times to finish the batch.. so go to one dollar store, they have "not so great " cookies that kids still will eat.. cakes.. ok.. bars ok..
try to avoid roasting Turkey or Ham.. unless you have to..

sigh.. :)
 
RacerFox22 said:
my gas bill went up 482 dollars last month!!! FOUND a 2 gas leak in the basement and had it repair. Then My electric had went up 1,600!! oh my god!! But Finally got approved with LIHEAP for low income can't afford. Took over my payments WHEW!!!!

FINALLY THE LIHEAP APPROVAL PAID MY ELECTRIC AND GAS BILL OF LAST MONTH! SO NOW MY ELECTRIC BILL THIS MONTH IS 164 DOLLARS AND GAS BILL STILL TOO HIGH AT 415 DOLLARS! CANT WAIT FOR WARM WEATHER !!!!!
 
Guess what?? got the electric bill today and it was great!! its only $142. 00 this time!! i could not believe it..remember i said it was $219.00 the last time?
its because the weather has been unusally warm around here so that helps, hehe! Im just jumping with joy! haha :fruit:
Oh i feel bad for others that do have riducously high gas bills..that is sooo unfair especially for the people who have hard time paying these bills..that is
so unfair, i know.
Blame Bush! hahaha
 
ME and my roommates decided to find another place to live we want to move out of this place because we found out, the windows aren't completely sealed still cold drift coming in. Basement was way too cold and not enough for the heaters to blow warm upstair. Think it worth for us to keep living here on rent? This house is 100 years old and it's not a completely remodels. Only one room upstair on 2nd floor which is my bedroom is the hottest than all room. The coldest room is the above kitchen and the bathroom.
 
RacerFox22 said:
ME and my roommates decided to find another place to live we want to move out of this place because we found out, the windows aren't completely sealed still cold drift coming in. Basement was way too cold and not enough for the heaters to blow warm upstair. Think it worth for us to keep living here on rent? This house is 100 years old and it's not a completely remodels. Only one room upstair on 2nd floor which is my bedroom is the hottest than all room. The coldest room is the above kitchen and the bathroom.

do u know how to renovate and
install pink "insulator stuff" inside all
windows and basement etc ?

Also, I noticed more stores
are selling these new portable electric heaters such as:
Dakota Portable Electric Ceramic Heater
http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buy...725582&core=&kw=Dakota_LY44_Portable_Electric

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Reba said:
Last month we had a general rate increase. The current rate is:

First 800 KWH @ $0.086270
Next KWH @ $0.082210
Franchise fee 3.00% paid to the Town


wow, interesting... I'm going to compare how much KWH and cbm we have here when I'm home from work then add here tonight.
 
diehardbiker65 said:
Right, believe it or not, fridge uses the most electricity of all appliances!!! So, most people overlooked fridge big time. So, how to really save electricity on fridge... here is a trick that would save you bunch of electricity cost. Keep it close to full capacity! Empty fridge uses much more electricity than full fridge! That is because of mass of energy is stored in foods thus keep fridge cooler longer than air itself. Do NOT overfill the fridge because fridge needs space to circulate the cool air around the fridge.

Actually, but electricity eat more when you have fridge and freezer together... (no matter where freezer is top or bottom). Best is fridge and freezer stay separated. I have freezer in basement and one fridge at kitchen... It save 15% a year.
 
I use low Energy light bulbs most in household. It save 15% to 20% a year.

Low energy light bulbs are different as orignal bulbs... It would take 30 seconds to bright the room after switch the light on.

Example: Low energy light bulb is 10W for original bulb 40W... The bright room is same as 40W when you use low energy bulb 10W.
 
Y said:
do u know how to renovate and
install pink "insulator stuff" inside all
windows and basement etc ?

Also, I noticed more stores
are selling these new portable electric heaters such as:
Dakota Portable Electric Ceramic Heater
http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buy...725582&core=&kw=Dakota_LY44_Portable_Electric

81118557.jpg
:shock: U better be careful with them portable electric heaters!! they are the most common cause of house fires! acording to the news on TV..most people leave them on too long, like all night and they overheat or they get too close to bedspreads, drapes, sofas, anything that is combustable...so please be careful with those portable heaters! I would never, ever use them myself!
 
Some boilers do not a good job to reduce amount of oil/gas because some of them are cheap quality. Some of us have a hard time to pick and which product is the best and high effective energy.

I have Slant/Fin heat pipes that do very well. But, the very worst part of this product is dust that stuck inside the foil-plates because it is difficult for anyone to vacuum under it - see first picture. (Note: these pictures that I found on the internet.)

Second picture - it is nice and old antique pipe heater - it is a nice one. It is a little difficult to vacuum the dust between the pipes.

Third picture - long heat verticle wide pipes - it is considered a good one perhaps the best one. It would be easy for us to dust out, and it would give us a chance to move around the furniture without blocking the heat pipes.

Fourth picture - I really do not know about this one. I bet that it is so much better for us to dust out without any difficult. Do you have this product at your house? Does this product saves your heat bills?

Do you have other kind of modern heat system at your house? Can you show us about your pictures?
 
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