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Utility Bills

My gas and electric bill dated June 22 was actually online yesterday before they took the site down for maintenance.

The total for 30 days ending on June 18th was $169.99. We used 430 kwh of electricity and 11 ccf’s of natural gas. The gas was a bit high because we had the heat on a bit of the month. We had the A/C on for about 7 days. Then we turned it off and it is still off. It is a comfortable 69 in here.

We have also been cooking some of our meals on the grill which saves on both. We are trying to use as little power as possible. I have been streaming shows on my laptop instead of using the TV.

For comparison our bill for the same period last year was $148.72 for 30 days. We used 387 kwh of electricity and 19 ccf’s of natural gas.

This year’s bill was $21.27 higher than last year. It seems that no matter how much we try to save, the bill just keeps increasing.

Unless we get a new Governor next year, it is hopeless. She just keeps putting in more and more solar and useless wind turbines. It is costing us a fortune. Between her policies and the AI data centers they are building, we will have to start living like people did in the 1800’s.

Hubby still has some chicken parm for dinner and that is what he wants even though it is Father’s Day. I think I will have some soup. Brunch this morning was eggs for me and cereal for Hubby.

I am off to hunt down the deal on the NY strip steaks and a couple of necessities that we need.

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My Imperfections, etc.

Well, I just proved that I am not perfect again!

We got our natural gas and electric bill yesterday for the past month. Our meter reader did the reading this time. The total bill was $ 50.27.

Right away, I knew there was something wrong. In all the years that we have lived here, we have never had a bill that low. The electricity bill showed we only used 7 KWH for 33 days. The natural gas was only 14 ccf’s for 33 days. Since the meter reader read it, I knew it was correct. I also double checked the readings since we had only gotten home Tuesday afternoon and I knew there wouldn’t be much usage for 1 day.

I did the reading last month and submitted it. Evidently, I read it wrong. So I paid for most of this past month in that bill. The sun was shining on the dials and I remember coming into the house and telling Hubby that I thought I had read it right. I guess I didn’t. I even called my utility company to verify all of this. They agreed with me that I read it wrong for the prior bill. So again I prove that I am not perfect. But it sure is nice to have such a small bill this month. I will try not to make that mistake again.

Yesterday, I meant to put a few pictures up. A couple were of Alexa’s ice cream cake and one of the nice fire we had that evening. So for your viewing pleasure, here they are 🙂

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Our January Natural Gas & Electric Bill

Let’s start off with our January 2022 bill. It was a total of $ 234.54 for 30 days. We used 536KWH of electricity and 147 ccf’s of natural gas.

Now here is the one I got today: The January 2023 bill. It was a total of $ 285.16 for 29 days. We used 545KWH of electricity and 135 ccf’s of natural.

We used 9 more KWH of electricity this year and 12 less ccf’s of natural gas. However, today’s bill was $ 50.62 more than January 2022’s bill. That is a 22% increase in 1 year.

I fully expect that our next bill will be over $300. Yikes! What makes it even worse is that the bill was one less day this year. But I don’t know what I can do about it short of turning off the heat! In these temperatures we would freeze to death!

Over the years’ I have given you many tips on how to save money on your utility bills. I would really appreciate it if you could help give me some tips on what we can do to lower our bill.

What are you doing? Please comment and help me and everyone else.