So how much was your gas bill this past month.

 

 

 

for me..  Gas: $320  Electric:  $45

 

 

 

And that's with the thermostat set on 64.    :-o

^ HOLY CRAP!

 

My total bill from Cinergy was $243 for gas & electric and I thought mine was bad.  I have a 1900 sq ft home and  keep my thermostat at 64.

 

 

^ HOLY CRAP!

 

My total bill from Cinergy was $243 for gas & electric and I thought mine was bad.  I have a 1900 sq ft home and  keep my thermostat at 64.

 

 

 

My place is a hair bigger than yours, but ALOT older.

Well 1921 sq ft to be exact and built in 1989.  My heating system was replaced in 2002 with an American Standard Freedom 80 Two-Stage. (80,000 BTU's)

You TEASE....the title of this thread got me all excited  LOL    :-o  :-o

 

Cleveland:  Gas-$91  Electric $40

New York:  Gas -$TBD  Electric $55

 

  Gas and electric combined:

 

  1/2005  146.71

  2/2005  210.70

  3/2005  203.11

  4/2005  166.03

  5/2005  155.80

  6/2005      0      (zeros are due to overpayment on 5/2005.)

  7/2005      0

  8/2005      0

  9/2005      0.16

  10/2005  23.51

  11/2005  24.10

  12/2005  110.45

 

  Total 2005 1040.57

  ave month 86.71

 

  1,600 sqft, built 1949

Gas: Included in rent. :-)

Electric: $23

My last 4 electric bills from Baton Rouge (I changed apartments in August as well)

 

September (pre-Katrina) - $50 (actually $200 due to a $150 deposit)

October - $284 (a $184 surcharge for Natural Gas prices)

November - $130 (a $80 surcharge for Natural Gas Prices)

December - $84 (a $49 surcharge for Natural Gas Prices)

 

Also to consider, when the power wasn't out from Hurricanes, we had our A/C on 24/7 in September and early October (that changed after our first bill).  We barely turned on our Furnace in November and December (wasn't that cold, and the fear of another electric bill on steroids)

 

Mine's smaller than yours, and damn proud of it....

 

My natural gas bill for this past month was $44, while my electric bill was $194. The electric bill is about the same for this time last year, while my natural gas bill is down about $100 (based on last year's gas rates). How'd I do that?

 

In September, I installed two 6-foot-long cove heaters and one panel heater, both electric. A cove heater is a strip that mounts a couple of inches below the ceiling and a couple inches out from the wall. It's like a baseboard heater, but is out of reach of children or pets. It, like the panel heater, emits radiant heat, warming objects in the room rather than the air. Standing in front of it is like standing in a sun-lit room on a hazy day. The cove heaters also have a small convective component to them, as they are mounted away from the wall, so the air circulates behind them. See below for a side view of a cove heater....

 

 

This is what a cove heater looks like installed....

 

 

Panel heater have a larger convective heating feature than cove heaters....

 

 

Here's a link to some artsy versions of panel heaters (you can also get them in plain ol' white)....

 

http://www.econo-heat.com/productspec_picture.html

 

I put one cove heater in the living room/dining room and the other in my larger bedroom, which I've converted to an office. The panel heater, which has an undersea picture painted on it, is mounted in the middle of the wall in my smaller bedroom. The two bathrooms and kitchen are interior rooms, and need less heating. Each unit uses about as much electricity as a home computer. You can burn your hand on the cove heaters, and I suppose you would burn it on a panel heater, too, but you'd have to leave your hand on it for a while.

 

I still have my furnance turned on, but the thermostat is set in the mid- to upper-70s, so it turns on only when it's bitterly cold outside. Even then, it stays on for only about 5 minutes at a time, and runs maybe once every half hour. But the furnace has become a luxury. Since it runs less, I'm spending far less on natural gas and I've traded the eletricity to run the blower for the electricity to run the cove/panel heaters on a 1:1 ratio. In other words, my out-of-pocket expense for the heaters will be paid for in one winter (or less, since I'm basing my savings on last year's natural gas rates).

 

Cove and panel heaters are starting to make inroads at stores in the U.S., but they are more common in the U.K. and Austrailia. But you can order them from U.S. distributors. Just do a Google search on Cove Heater and Panel Heater, and you'll get some ideas on power requirements, size of heater for the space to be heated, warranties and, of course, prices. If you have any questions just ask me, as I've already installed them and learned some things to do and not do.

Well, my new 2500 s.f. house in Anderson Twp. dropped an unwanted Xmas gift on me:  a $487 Gas and Electric bill, plus $5 for a new pair of underwear, because I shit my pants when I opened the bill.  The house is 30 years old, and we keep the thermostat at 68, needless to say I will be looking at alternatives.

Steam heat = included in $478 monthly rent (along with water)

Electric (including infrequent use of electric space heater to supplement steam heat) = $15

 

This is one contest I'm happy to lose  :wink:

3 story loft w/some 25 ft. ceilings and 1450 sq. ft. -

 

Less than $20/month from June-October (hot water heater)

$90 for Oct/Nov

?? for  Nov/Dec

 

I keep the thermostat at 65° when I'm downstairs, and turn it off at night.  It usually drops to 59°, but on the 3rd floor (where I sleep) it probably stays around 70°.  All in all, my heat only runs for abour 4 hrs/day.

2 story house built in 1923, 2100 square feet = $435.00 for gas and electric.  $50 in electricity.

Steam heat = included in $478 monthly rent (along with water)

Electric (including infrequent use of electric space heater to supplement steam heat) = $15

 

This is one contest I'm happy to lose  :wink:

 

$478 rent!!!  Oh hell to the naw.  When I was renting I never had rent that low!  Congrats on that find!  Yoooooooooooooooou betta work -----!

Actually it's not uncommon in Edgewater - granted I have a small one bedroom in an older building but it's pretty easy to find comparable rents in my hood.

I've never understood why rents are so low in Edgewater.  The neighborhood is real nice, and the buildings look to be in generally good shape.  Is it just that there are too many apartments?

I think it has to do with the quantity of comparable units - the oldest buildings are from the 1920s, but the newest are from the 1950s-60s. Now, if they offered newer buildings with newer amenities, you might see current buildings get renovated/retrofitted and whatnot.

Don't know my actual bill yet, because they estimated my gas reading (even though the meter's outside...aargh), so they're charging me $441 in gas - but estimating it based on the current reading, I think it's at most half that...

edgewater, is probably like the Shaker Square area where there are thousands of GREAT apartments.  Most people have been in their apartments for YEARS.  One of my best friends refuses to buy since his rent is 645 for a 2bed (+den)/ 1.5bath apartment, that includes indoor parking.  He's been in it for 14 years.

 

With the recent addtions of condo on North Moreland and Larchmere, there has been much talk about many buildings converting to condos, which would be a good thing.

CRAP!

 

My Cinergy billing cycle for this one was Dec 7th - Jan 10th.

 

Gas = $234.75

Electric = $70.11

 

For a really sad total of $304.86.  I think this is the highest electric/gas bill I have ever had in my life.

Wouldn't you know they want to tack on a little extra to my rent and bring it up to $493 a month?!?  :whip:

Wouldn't you know they want to tack on a little extra to my rent and bring it up to $493 a month?!?   :whip:

 

Awww....I feel soooooooo sorry for you and at the same time im cursing you for having such low rent!   :laugh: How big is your place?

 

 

 

Just to clarify, I am being a little facetious and I'm well aware my rent is dirt cheap. :-) My place is on the small side, probably about 500 sq. feet but it works for me. It doesn't have a separate dining room (just a big room that fits a 2-topper table on one end, and a couch/TV area on the other side), but I never entertain or cook so there wouldn't be much point in having the extra room.

Just to clarify, I am being a little facetious and I'm well aware my rent is dirt cheap. :-) My place is on the small side, probably about 500 sq. feet but it works for me. It doesn't have a separate dining room (just a big room that fits a 2-topper table on one end, and a couch/TV area on the other side), but I never entertain or cook so there wouldn't be much point in having the extra room.

 

Spoken like a true minimalist!  :-D

My Cinergy billing cycle for this one was Jan 10th - Feb 8th.

 

Gas = $155.34

Electric = $55.23

 

For a total of $209.57

It's been a much easier winter since that nightmare December...just one real cold snap that I remember...