Gas bill???$$$$$$$$$$$ OUCH!!!!!

[CapeCodTenor]

Do you really believe this?

Who would you blame it on?

 

[AllyandJack]

I'm on a plan and I pay $192./month for 10 months out of the year. I'm also capped at a certain price per gallon. I have a credit of about $800. I use propane. I keep my temp between 64-67 because I don't like to be too hot. I wash all my clothes in cold water (started that last year) and that seems to be helping at lot. My house is about 3,000 sq feet. Our dryer and stove is electric, so that also helps with the gas bill.

 

[Kae]

Mine was 144. we locked in last year on a therm? price. So our bills will stay about the same.

Kae

 

[golfgal]

Our highest gas bill last year was $140, our first bill this year was $150. Last year at the same time that bill was about $60-75 or so.

 

[momof2inPA]

Who would you blame it on?

Come on, they are gouging us, just like Exxon. Blame it on Katrina. I think I'll raise the cost of cookies at our Church bake sale and say Katrina caused a chocolate chip shortage. People will believe anything.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Come on, they are gouging us, just like Exxon. Blame it on Katrina. I think I'll raise the cost of cookies at our Church bake sale and say Katrina caused a chocolate chip shortage. People will believe anything.

The hurricanes didn't help. Besides you can't deny the shut down of the rigs and refineries in the gulf put a strain on the system. And with the damage the rigs and refineries suffered they're going to have to pay for it somehow. So prices are most likely going to be high for a while. I don't like it either, but that's the way things are right now.

 

[KathyFP]

We kept our thermostate at 62, closed all of the vents except the bedroom and bathroom. We in Disney for nine days and our gas bill was 390. This is the first winter in this house so I do a comparison. I was talking to a social service shelter and their heating expense went up 76% from last year.

no more running around the house in T-shirts. Double layer sweats!!!

 

[golfgal]

We kept our thermostate at 62, closed all of the vents except the bedroom and bathroom. We in Disney for nine days and our gas bill was 390. This is the first winter in this house so I do a comparison. I was talking to a social service shelter and their heating expense went up 76% from last year.

no more running around the house in T-shirts. Double layer sweats!!!

You should open more vents. Your furnace has to work extra hard to heat your house with all those vents closed. You should at least have the one vent in the room with the thermostat open so it doesn't over heat the rest of the house.

 

[tinkerrn]

I haven't gotten my first winter bill yet, but I'm scared. Our usual winter bill is about $750 a month, with most of it being gas. With gas prices up about 25%, I'm hoping to stay under $1000. We have lowered our heat to 70 from 74, hopefully that will help.

I had to reread this twice. My head is feeling heavy.....I am feeling nauseated just thinking about that much money. Shewwww.....I bet your house is huge!!!!!!

 

[tinkerrn]

Oh my....I keep the vents closed in rooms that we don't use or are in at the time. Should I NOT do this????

 

[jel0511]

I had to reread this twice. My head is feeling heavy.....I am feeling nauseated just thinking about that much money. Shewwww.....I bet your house is huge!!!!!!

Huge, no. We have about 4000 sq ft between the house and finished basement. This is also new construction, so should be energy efficient. I think not!!! This bill is about average in our neighborhood. We do have two zone too.

 

[AllyandJack]

Huge, no. We have about 4000 sq ft between the house and finished basement. This is also new construction, so should be energy efficient. I think not!!! This bill is about average in our neighborhood. We do have two zone too.

Is two zone heat more expensive? DH and I have been thinking about putting our bedroom on a separate thermostat since I LOVE it freezing in the summer and chilly in the winter. If we ever have kids, I wouldn't want them to freeze because of me.

 

[jfulcer]

Who would you blame it on?

Of course, George Bush, right? He's to blame for everything else that goes wrong.

 

[gshanny]

I am not looking forward to any rise in the bills, but I am feeling really lucky. We just sold our old house last winter. An average winter month was well over the $150 mark and a cold month was well over $200. About 5 years ago we got a $475 bill. Luckily I was in the hospital and on pain meds when DH called to tell me about that one.....
The house we are in now is a tiny bit smaller than the last, but about 1/3 the age. Our worst bill last year was $105. That was more like a Spring or Fall bill for the old house, not a January bill. I am feeling really sorry for the people who bought our old house. I can only imagine what their bills are. We keep our heat at 55-57 at night and 65 in the evenings. I try to keep it at 60 when it is just me at home during the day. We have blankets to throw over us when we watch tv and we seem to do ok. I clean something and get the blood moving when I get too cold playing around on the computer. I just got a bill this week and it was $83, so far we are doing ok. I know next month will be over $100 because it has been a lot colder lately.

 

[jel0511]

Is two zone heat more expensive? DH and I have been thinking about putting our bedroom on a separate thermostat since I LOVE it freezing in the summer and chilly in the winter. If we ever have kids, I wouldn't want them to freeze because of me.

No idea. Though we thought it would be more efficient since we can effectively turn down the downstairs at night, and only keep the upstairs warm at night, and do the opposite during the day. We have two separate systems, one is in the attic for the upstairs and one is in the basement for the downstairs.

 

[Dan Murphy]

.........Our usual winter bill is about $750 a month, with most of it being gas. With gas prices up about 25%, I'm hoping to stay under $1000......

 

[DMickey28]

I am so scared to get our bill!! I believe we have electric heat though so that's a plus this time of year!!! MY gas bill last month was $52 and that was for the cooking and dryer so that's pretty bad. My mother in law did a lot of washing when she was here last month though! I was with low heat, wonder if that matters!

 

[coliebird]

Just got our bill the other day. It was $359, that is for gas & electric. Usually this time of year we pay between $150 - $200 so it definitely went up a lot. We keep our thermostat set at 68 - 69 degrees all the time. I guess I should start turning it down at night.

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

Oil-heat homes aren't escaping the high prices either. I Keep my house between 63-68 (I would die of suffocation if it was higher than that; I'm a true New Englander!) and I just paid my oil bill for $629...I've never paid even close to that. It hurts. I even wrote "OUCH" on the memo line of my check!!!

 

[bicker]

Our natural gas bill for November usage was $233. It was $167 last year.