and it's for $88.00! Mind you, it's not like I live in some big ass 2,000 to 3,000 square foot house, I live in a dumpy little apartment that's not even 1,000 square feet! The gas prices this year are ridiculous!!!! I've kept my thermostat down lower, and have been using my space heater to keep warm, but it didn't hardly make a DENT in my gas bill this time around! I'll be glad when spring comes, and I won't need to run my furnace.

And here I am complaining about it being too hot here. It was around 71 today....that's kinda warm to be January.

I keep warm by candle light.

AnckSuNamun said:

71 degrees is nice!

LleeLlee said:

That's a good idea. If I had a fireplace, I'd fire that baby up every night.

my gas, electric, water, and sewer all comes in one bill. the gas portion of my bill was $99. total was $234. i was expecting a little over $100 for all of it.

i was told that everyone's bill went up about 60%.

Mine was $160.

psychodelicide said:

Can you get hold of coal?

I love real fires.

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Natural gas prices have risen astronomically.

Try $400.00 in Chicago.

Stymie said:

a month? YOWSA!!

Stymie said:

i know right--$350 a month here in baltimore

$88 and i'd be living on easy street

i don't envy not of that gas bill bullshit altho i do hate the rent prices here.

Being that the temperatures have been super mild this winter, SOMEONE'S ass has to be taking our money and running. I think a government investigation is in order. They did it for the gasoline prices and they fell, so why not for natural gas?

Funny that you don't see those commercials anymore with the two guys wearing shirts that say "Electricity" and "Propane" and how the propane guy is supposed to be superior.

meltwithu said:

Well, everyone's budget is different, depending on what their income is, and what their monthly expenses are. What may be "easy street" for one may not be true for someone else. $88 is DOUBLE of what I was paying last year, so I'm definitely feeling the pinch.

Ours was $175 for the month of Dec.
Not bad for a 2,600 square foot home. Dec was cold too!

We have a gas fireplace which heats up our living room (It was an
add on to the house and has no ductwork and gets colder than
Pluto in there) I was expecting a higher bill.

My mother-in-law got her bill for her duplex house...wait for it...

$720

psychodelicide said:

Yeah, my bill is double, too.

Stymie said:

Dontcha just HATE that?

psychodelicide said:

It blows AND I just moved into a place twice the size as my old one so it's probably gonna go higher.

Stymie said:

Uuuuuggghhhh!!!

psychodelicide said:

sowwy..meant no harm..but i've NEVER had an electric bill under $100 in 5 years ANY month of the year

meltwithu said:

Wow, that's gotta be rough having to pay out that amount of money month after month. With my salary I would really have a rough time making that big of a payment.

PlanetMe said:

That's a lot of money to have to pay out.

CynthiasSocks said:

Yuck!

LleeLlee said:

No, unfortunately not. Guess I'll have to make do with my space heater. Gonna turn the furnace down just a tad more, who knows, maybe I'll see a bigger difference on my next gas bill.

jerseykrs said:

That's for damn sure!

TMPletz said:

I remember those commercials. You're right, you don't see them anymore, they're pretty much gone, it seems.

Revolution said:

$720 for one month to heat a duplex??? That's robbery!

psychodelicide said:

yeah, and my house is only about 800 square foot. not really big, and it's been real mild here. i hope it doesn't get too cold the rest of the winter. in fact, to give you an idea of how much it went up, i forgot to pay in november () and so i paid nov & dec last month. for TWO MONTHS the bill was $268. now, it's $234 for one month.

Mine is around $100 and here I was all happy thinking I was doing good

I keep my heat on auto/69 .. never change it