I was cold yesterday, so I thought I would walk out to the mailbox..to remind myself it could be worse, I could be without a house!
In the mail was a gas bill, perfect timing (gas heat) I figured I could look at the bill suffer some sticker shock at the price and be thankful for a warm sweater.
Instead I found a bill of 67.66 Now no it isn't cheap, but compared to previous years of 80 dollar gas bills in January, it was nice. I peeked at the graph to see how we compared 'thermwise' to last year. 55 last year and only 42 this year! Wow I thought pretty nifty. The average temp (also info on the bill) was 50 degrees last year and 47 this year, so life was colder and we still spent less!
Then I caught the 'days' entry, last January was a bill for 39 days, this year only 31 (I have no idea why they bill such odd cycles)
Phooey, now I have to do the math to see if we are really spending less. Errr let me go get my math brain son....
Last year... 55therms/39 days = 1.41th/dy
This year... 42 therms/31 days = 1.35th/dy
So a smidgen less this year than last. Nothing to write home about really.
the bills and math..
January 23rd, 2008 at 05:54 pm
January 23rd, 2008 at 08:30 pm 1201120243
January 24th, 2008 at 01:39 am 1201138754
I didn't think so! :-)
January 24th, 2008 at 03:31 am 1201145515
The price of natural gas is lower this year than last, but we had 34% more degree heating days this year than last. Nonetheless our consumption rose by only 6.2%. We conserved better than last year.
January 24th, 2008 at 01:45 pm 1201182301
January 24th, 2008 at 04:24 pm 1201191851
January 25th, 2008 at 02:20 am 1201227658
January 26th, 2008 at 06:28 pm 1201372100
Our bill is still averaging $30/month (I saw you don't get the same budget billing plan - bummer). We may have a $100 bill or 2 in the winter but the rest of the year it is $10 or something. I am enjoying the $30 plan. Our weather is milder though. So don't kill me.