Those post Christmas gas heating bills are coming.........beware

[Historic NY]

Yikes....holy molly, WTF, mine came today and the shock still hasn't abated not one bit. My normal gas/electric bill is $204 my new one is $468....The sad part is that my electric usage is low. I spent a month or so this fall making sure the house was sealed tight. I've even turned off the heat on the downstairs. Unbelievable.....my town & county tax bill should be here by Sat. :mad:

It wouldn't be so bad if I knew month to month what my pension check would be. I got hurt last Jan. & retired in June. I'm still fighting with Workmans Comp, which hasn't paid me one thin dime and they are holding up my disability retirement. Haven't even gotten my back 4 months pension catchup check. The wheels of justice barely move for injured public employees in NY state.:grr: Its a good thing I had some resources tucked away. I have heard this could go on for several years, NY's idea of WC reform is to make it so bad that you have to go back to work to survive.

[catmandu57]

1. I'm glad to hear you had something salted away

It sounds like you'de be up against it if not for that, hang in there.

[babylonsister]

2. Imagine people getting bills like that

without any resources to fall back on? Besides not being able to afford food and/or prescriptions, will we be seeing foreclosures? And now that it's infinitely harder to file for bankruptcy, I fear for many people. :-(

[Pam-Moby]

3. November bill was $120.00

December bill was $230.00 Last year my Nov bill was $85.00 and Decembers bill 2004 was $177.00

[Occulus]

4. I'm glad my heat comes with my rent

But I bet rent will go up next year. That, or my apartment complex has a money tree growing somewhere.

I have a LOT of sympathy for those of you who have to pay your own heating bills.

[SpiralHawk]

5. You can thank the Oil Crony Republican NeoCons for your bill

They are responsible...With George AWOL Bush as Oil Crony Number 1...

[CountAllVotes]

6. last month mine was double

It was for an extra 3 days I was told as an excuse. Now they are attempting to cut me off of medical baseline use as if the condition I have is going to go away. I have to now pay to go to a doctor to have the form filled out and signed and then I'll still have the medical baseline which in my case isn't of much help anyway. :argh:

I bought 3 Icelandic wool blankets recently - the warmest yet lightest wool you can buy. I have these on the bed. They help quit a bit along with the memory foam topper which seems to lock in the heat.

As for the house itself - small is the word - 800 sq. feet. I remember when I first moved in here in 2001 the power bill for the month was $18.00. I guess those days are long gone as it was over $75.00 in November and likely to be a lot more this coming month. :(

:kick:

[TNDemo]

7. Mine too.

Mine was almost $400 this month and we had ours on a timer so that it would go way down at midnight, come back on for a couple of hours in the morning, go back down and come on again at 4:00. On the days I have been home I have survived by hot water bottles and a little space heater and it is still this much. I am pretty livid. My house was built 8 years ago and is energy efficient too.

[Jayhawk Lib]

8. Thank you Bush

Thanks to Bush and his greedy oil buddies, my gas bill is the highest it has ever been for December...$220.00

[Sadie5]

9. They are greedy alright

Bill for Nov. was $89. Bill for Dec. which just arrived Christmas eve was $239. Had the thermostat on 68 at all times and it still soared. Can hardly wait for the surprise next month.