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Top TigerNet [30495]
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Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:01 AM
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Curious what others Dominion Energy natural gas bill looks like. Just got mine and it's 345 bucks. This is for heat pump furnace and water heater only. Seems abnormally high to me. But we did have the ice storm snow deal. Also I'm in Charleston area 2000sqft home.
Does this seems crazy?
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My neighbor was complaining that his was over $600
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:11 AM
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this month.
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Top TigerNet [30495]
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Re: My neighbor was complaining that his was over $600
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:16 AM
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I don't remember LNG being so expensive
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Ring of Honor [23967]
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Re: My neighbor was complaining that his was over $600
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:38 PM
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There was a little spike in January, but nothing too far out of the ordinary.
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Dynasty Maker [3252]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:18 AM
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Just got one in Georgia for $508!!!!
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Mine was $430 so I think everyone is taking it from them.***
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:21 AM
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Legend [7050]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:25 AM
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All of you complaining about your bill remember the root cause of this is spelled Democrat!
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All-In [10190]
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Trump fault he was in Office durring this billing cycle silly***
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Game Day Hero [4205]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:02 PM
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Can you educate us on any specific policies that would help support your assessment and how the surge in price is not due to supply/demand…increased exports, very cold winter, and lower inventories?
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:09 PM
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Tariff threats!!! Have you not noticed how crazy the stock market has gotten just since Trump has been in the white house!!!
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Orange Blooded [2247]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 18, 2025, 8:03 PM
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There's this war with a major energy supplier and we're sending gas to offset Europe's lost supply?
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Legend [7050]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:47 PM
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You seem like a real #######.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:22 PM
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He is an Okay person, and his love of Trump will cool off before his first full year in the white house. I'm not saying that republicans are bad folks, but they chose the wrong one as a leader for our country. He already has all of our friends and allies really p i s s e d at our country as a whole bc he knows so little about running a country that he has Musk on his hip to help him. IMO Musk didn't become one of the richest people in the world bc he looked out for our country!!!
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:41 PM
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I know, it has to be political. Probably has nothing to do with the fact that the demand for natural gas in January was usually high due to colder than normal weather across entire country. It’s obviously a conspiracy to drive up natural gas prices after the election for no reason.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:34 AM
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Do you have backup heating for your heat pump?
I have gas backup for cold weather below 35’ish. So most of last month would have been on back up gas heat. That said we don’t know the size of your house or how energy efficient it is or where you set your thermostat. My house is more efficient than average and I spend less than $200 for a cold month. I have a friend who spends $800/ month on Lake Norman.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:50 PM
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I have a 30,000 BTU gas heater in my den where my wife and I watch TV, and I have a 100-gallon tank that I have filled once every winter that will run out by the end of March. The gas heater helps by keeping my electric bill to about $280 to $300 a month, but the temp in my house during the winter months is never above 75° unless it heats up outside, and during the summer months the temp in my house is never cooler than 77°. When it's 90° plus outside, 77° for our old bones is just fine...
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Orange Blooded [2398]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:45 AM
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Heat pump furnace?
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Orange Blooded [2398]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:47 AM
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So all you have on gas is the water heater?
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:12 PM
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No my heat is gas furnace. Sorry it's not electric heat pump. It is gas furnace.
But yes all gas appliances that my house runs is just furnace and water heater
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Team Captain [460]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Either heat pump with gas furnace backup or he’s not really knowledgeable on what he has.
Someone else said LNG in a post. The vast majority of LNG is exported so if they’re in the US it’s not LNG but just pipeline gas
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:13 PM
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Correct.
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Dynasty Maker [3353]
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:50 AM
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Seems very high to me , I am in Lauren’s and my last bill was roughly $150. Had furnace , hot water heater , stove top and gas logs . We use the logs in the evening and put thermostat on 65 at night ,
Most people sleep way to warm amd have the heat blaring all night while under covers .
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:33 PM
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We do 65 at night as well. My elderly dad turns his heat DOWN to 72 at night AND sleeps under an electric blanket. I know being older and medications don’t help staying warm…but there’s no shot I would get 10 minutes sleep in his house…haha.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:56 PM
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Waking up in the middle of the night covered in sweat is a terrible awakening IMO!!!
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Dynasty Maker [3534]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 11:58 AM
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That's ridiculous.....maybe a leak somewhere?
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Orange Immortal [61641]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 3:01 PM
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If there is a leak you can bet that it is between where it leaves the meter and goes to the house bc, a leak coming into the meter wouldn't cost him bc it's the gas company's responsibility...
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Ring of Honor [23967]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:15 PM
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Natural gas prices aren't abnormally high right now, so it's probably just higher consumption due to cold weather or some other local issue. Maybe check with Dominion and see what they say. I guess a leak is also possible, but unlikely if everyone else is saying their bills are much higher than usual.
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Game Changer [2022]
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:17 PM
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I have electric heat and electric water heater in a 2k house. My bill was 40% higher than it’s ever been.
Abnormally low temps for extended periods of time are the cause.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:26 PM
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Yes, heat pumps are not made for the type of weather we had recently and more coming this week so they run constantly. That is why I still use my fireplace at night during extremely cold weather. I expect my next power bill to be $300 or less. 2,500 sq. ft. house. We only live downstairs now as the kids are grown and out of the house.
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Did't Trump Vow to cut energy bills 50% his first year in office? (answer) yes
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:31 PM
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why is this not happening? It must be the Mexican's and trans people's fault.
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Re: Did't Trump Vow to cut energy bills 50% his first year in office? (answer) yes
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:35 PM
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He’s been in office less than a month, nitwit
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Give him til July and he'll have that heat bill cut in half***
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:59 PM
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:54 PM
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Mine was $440 and I live in Maryland. Rates went up and my usage was very high vs a year ago
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:27 PM
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sometimes they don't read meter every month
when not read and the following month is abnormally hot or cold, an inflated "catchup" bill may be much higher
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 19, 2025, 7:28 AM
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Mine was $351 in November in Greenville, after the NG-fed generator ran half of October (post Helene). My actual usage in Nov was $62. My equalized payment has jumped from $84 to $122 because of that one supersized bill. Hopefully we will get a respectable refund in the fall, the next time they equalize the payment.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:36 PM
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Mine doubled last month to $240. Highest gas bill I’ve ever had.
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Feb 18, 2025, 1:53 PM
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For just me and my wife - $318.00 last bill. Heat and one water heater. Much too costly!!
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Somebody give me an estimate on what a Generac bill would be
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:13 PM
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For a month if we have another hurricane. Just installed after Helene.
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Re: Somebody give me an estimate on what a Generac bill would be
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:16 PM
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Do a home test! Run it for 3 days and then multiply the average by 10.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:05 PM
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2000 square feet is a good size home and I would suggest that if you have rooms in your home that are rarely used, I would put a vent cover over the vent/vents of those rooms and keep those doors closed and that would allow the space that you're using to heat up quicker and your thermostat will be satisfied quicker and keep your heat pump from running so much.
I have 1100 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and the vents stay closed off during the winter months and I noticed after we done that our electric bill was cheaper, but it does cost a lot just for heat in your home. IMO the summer months are cheaper...
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:20 PM
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I am with Berkeley Electric mine is high too at $396, when I look at daily usage there are some large spikes during the cold days we had in January. Mine is normally in mid $200 range.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 2:23 PM
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I have Berkeley electric for power but dominion for gas. It's screwy. My power bill was 150 gas bill over 300
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 3:07 PM
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It seems to me like you need to have electric for AC and heat with a room gas heater where you and ? spend most of your time. It's a fact that 2000 square feet is a lot of space to heat and cool!!!
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Is gas impacted by peak demand days with
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Feb 18, 2025, 3:19 PM
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higher costs like power is? That could be it, using it a lot on a peak demand day.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 3:52 PM
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Wow, I feel fortunate. I have a 1800 sq. ft. house and a 1200 sq. ft. workshop. Last month, my power bill was $94.59 and my gas bill was $110.57. I have gas furnace, water heater, and dryer.
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Are you on the Old Duke Rate?***
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Feb 18, 2025, 3:54 PM
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Re: Are you on the Old Duke Rate?***
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Feb 18, 2025, 7:32 PM
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No but my nephew is. His power bill is about $15.00 a month.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
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Feb 18, 2025, 4:21 PM
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Mine was $666 (not kidding) last month ...... think the largest ever, but we have three heat pumps and a lot of square footage
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 18, 2025, 7:54 PM
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I buy once a year. I also have a 2000 gallon tank which affords a discount.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 18, 2025, 8:00 PM
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Mine went from 156 to 335. We did have a bitter cold snap but doubling seemed excessive. I think we have been sending gas to Europe to offset losing Russian gas but I don't know if this effected supply and caused an increase. I figure it's those two things though.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 18, 2025, 9:21 PM
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Well, I live in st Petersburg, Fl, but sure sounds high.
My natural gas is for cook top, tankless water heater (love that) and natural gas grill on patio. My bill is generally around $35 per month. Now, my electric bill for AC comes in around $300-350 for 2400 sq ft town home.
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Mine was about $100 higher than same month last year, but I chucked
Feb 19, 2025, 6:30 AM
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that up to the weather.
Come latter March for about three months, the bill will plunge to under $100 monthly, as I cut off the furnace, and open all the windows and doors leading to a screened porch. When I'm away at work five days a week from about 8 to 7, the only thing running is the fridge, plus I tend to dine out on those days. I only start using the A/C when the night temps reach the 70's and never run it when away. My summer bills are always a good bit lower than the winter's.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 19, 2025, 7:27 AM
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Go solar. You will get a fixed price for 40 years.
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Re: Need help. Gas bill seems outrageous
Feb 19, 2025, 7:49 AM
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I pay Piedmont Natural Gas $114.00/month on an equal payment plan. The house is 2550 square feet and the two natural gas items are a tankless water heater and furnace.
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