Ours is!
It's usually $100, but it's $319 this time. Our heat has been running no stop. It's 14 degrees outside!
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Yep, I just got our bill today and almost threw up. $366, electric and gas. Last month was $212. When is spring?
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YES! Well the electric bill is about the same it usually is ($200ish) but our gas bill that is usually <$30 is almost $300! We have a gas furnace-heated apartment and zero insulation or weatherstripping. It's 9 degrees by me right now.
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I'm too scared to look!
it has been soooo cold!
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We haven't gotten it yet, but our gas was up $60 last month!
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I'm too afraid to look so I just haven't gotten the mail this week.
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Polar vortex x 2… I'm sure January's bill is going to suuuuuuuuck.
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What! that's crazy.
We have gas, and it's so much cheaper. It was $63 this month, and $25 last month! It was a terribly cold January.
Electric doesn't really change except in the summer with the AC on. It averages about $100/mo.
ETA: It might be beneficial to add we're in an apt so heat is more easily conserved and we only have to heat 900 sq ft.
How big are your houses?
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My electric isn't too bad this month, but I spent $609 on propane last month (which is our heat source). OUCH
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@Mrs. Pen: We have gas for a 3 bedroom house and we're running $200+ even though we set it so low that we're usually cold at home! Granted we also use gas for cooking but I don't think that contrbutes much to the overall bill
Electric is under $100; between $50-$70 but in the summer it definitely jumps into the hundreds!
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oof. I don't know yet... but I'm sure it is. Our electric bill was normal but our heat is gas....
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Ok curiosity got the best of me. $183
it was $133 last month and $80 the month before. Yikes.
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@Mrs. Pen: we have a 3000 Sq foot house! Our basement vents are closed though! We're going to Lowes to get window coverings but it's already too late!
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@Bao: ahhh!!! Yours is so low compared to mine! Mines never been over 100$ before. Are you all electric too?
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@yellowbird: yeah. I suppose if you tripled our sq space our bill would triple too
So $300 is reasonable given size of space.
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Yes! We usually pay $100-120, it's $250 now! Yikes!
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@Mrs. Pen: 1900 SF apartment, 3 bedrooms. Literally can see light outside through the cracks where our front door should have weather stripping. We're basically heating the outdoors. They won't come fix it
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these months are the reason we are on a budget plan throughout the year. we pay $143 for electric and $143 for gas year round for a 3000 sq ft home
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Our electric bill was $350 last month and I don't want to see this month's bill. (comes this week) This winter has been COLD! We only have a 1200 sq foot townhouse, but our bills are high even with a one year old HVAC and less than 2 yr. old windows.
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I just called and apparently the people who lived here last year were getting 600$ electric bills!!!!
I just applied for the budget plan so our new bill is 187 and it should go down after we are here a year so the previous owners huge bills will go away!
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Ours was $300-something but that's $100 less than this time last year. It was worth it to replace one of our two HVAC units! (We're heating a lot of space...3100 sq ft plus basement)
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@yellowbird: oh well that was our heat bill which is gas. Our electric runs us another $80ish.
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@Bao: ohhh! I see!
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not much because our apartment is heated by radiator which we don't pay for. on really cold nights i have to turn on a space heater in our bedroom though and i think our electricity will be higher next month!
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our electric bill is always pretty much the same, around $75, a little more in the summer when we're running the central AC, but i know our gas bill is going to be through the roof! we have gas heat & have been keeping it warmer than we usually do because i don't want our skinny sick kitty getting cold and wasting his energy trying to stay warm <crazy cat lady>
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Yes! We're usually around $65/month but this month was $122!
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Yep... $374 this month. I almost cried.
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Yes, ours was $300 due at the end of the month...I'm sure my bill at the beginning of Feb. will be at least $400. So sad, since we're only in 1800-ish sf. I called the electric company yesterday and cried!
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We have gas heat, and though our electric bill is around the same, our gas bill has quadrupled! Insane.
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Our gas and electric bill was super low this month -- we're in California and it's been 70 degrees here! Granted we've just declared a drought, so that's not good
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YES!!!! We're normally in the lower to mid 200's. This month, we're practically at $400!!!!!!!!
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Yes! Almost $100 more this month!
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$171...Pretty high for us! There was a gas leak on our street and it's been so, so cold. It's in the single digits right now.
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Our gas bill was $350 this month. Our windows are so old and drafty. We need new ones! These bills are ridiculous.
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December was actually not too bad for us weather-wise (Virginia weather is insane), so our bill was only $130. I'm scared to see our January bill though!
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Uggggh, this makes me stressed. I don't want to check! With our Christmas lights up last month, I'm sure it will be higher than usual.
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yeah, we have 1 meter for two units (so dumb) so we get into overages pretty quickly. we have a small place, but super inefficient. the landlords just put these new heaters in and our bills sky rocketed! apparently it was over $600 for gas and electric for our 2 600 sq ft units! in southern california!
it has been soooo cold!
it was $133 last month and $80 the month before. Yikes.
So $300 is reasonable given size of space.
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