Reply #7: $400 for budget billing [View All]

[tonkatoy57]

Yikes and double yikes.

May I suggest a sweater or maybe a goose down moon suit to wear around the house. Wow, that's some serious budget billing.

My family has always been frugal about heat in the winter. We usually keep it at 55 at night and during the day when we aren't home and at 60 when we are home. The gas company estimates our bill because the meter is in the basement and they never come to read it when we are home. They always overestimate our usage, so this year I've started the heating season with a $650 credit on my account. I don't think the credit is going to go as far this year as in years past.

May I ask why your electric bill is so expensive as well? Most people I know with gas heat only use electric for lighting and maybe for a water heater. To have both a gas and electric bill that high is a real zinger.