The cost of our house's heating

[mtbc]

Our house's gas supplies the oven and heats the water but, most of all, it fuels the central heating. Last month's energy bill has us consuming quite a lot, two hundred megajoules per day on average, and yesterday it stayed below freezing outdoors so I expect this month's bill to be no better. I further suspect that the house's heating system needs replacing but I am content that our landlords have not raised our rent since we moved in. I now find through experimentation that although I have the thermostat set at 64°F the house stays above 68°F. Now I have the thermostat set at 60°F the downstairs is actually managing to nudge below 68°F so at least there does seem to be a connection between the thermostat setting and the resulting temperature. I hope that we now start to spend a little less on energy.

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[goldibehr]

Our monthly natural gas bill ranges between US$20 and $250, for a 900 sq. foot house.

One time, after we switched our service to an so-called "Alternative" gas company, they screwed us by billing close to $400 for a February. There was nothing that could be done about it, except drop them as fast as possible.