My lowest utilities bill of the year!
@TheSojourner (64499)
United States
September 24, 2022 4:31am CST
I just received my gas and electric bill for August. It was the lowest one I've had all year.
They are combined billing, and a $2.25 service fee is added to it for the managing of the account. I've always said that that service fee is ridiculous, but I can't do anything about it.
My utilities bill for August was only $22.11!!
The electric portion of the bill was about $4.30. The remainder was for the natural gas.
Even with the hot days that we had, I only ran electric fans, and not the portable air conditioners. I did not find it too miserable.
I do my best to keep my utilities down. In the winter, I will wear more layers while I'm in the house, and try to keep the forced air heating at a respectable level.
For now, I will just bask in the enjoyment of having a $22 bill for the month. I hope that September will be about the same charges, but I have been cooking a little bit more.
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@LadyDuck (427917)
• Switzerland
24 Sep
We pay every 3 months and I paid $ 180 for gas and electricity, that is not bad as we have two computers running all the day, I cook with gas, we heat the water for our bath and shower with gas. I already know that I will have to sit down when I open the bill in December.
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@LadyDuck (427917)
• Switzerland
25 Sep
@Treborika No, it is not very expensive, in Italy and France electricity and gas cost more.
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@Treborika (7372)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Sep
@LadyDuck well the cost of electricity and gas has gone up almost globally
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@wolfgirl569 (72984)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Sep
That would be wonderful. Our electric runs around a hundred.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
I will have a four-tims that amount in a couple of months.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
@wolfgirl569 do you also have natural gas?
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@wolfgirl569 (72984)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Sep
@TheSojourner Ours wont go up that much. But still too high.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
28 Sep
It will start going up here in a couple of months much more exponentially.
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@hotsummer (13357)
• Philippines
24 Sep
Very hard for me not to use the AC. Even when the weather isn't that hot, i do use it for short time
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@hotsummer (13357)
• Philippines
24 Sep
@Treborika yes. But i just use it for few minutes at a time just to cool the room a bit. I just like breeze from ac
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
I used my fans, but just didn't want to turn on the air con. Thankfully it did not get up to the triple digits fahrenheit temperatures this year for us.
@FourWalls (52867)
• United States
24 Sep
That’s amazing! My “actual” bill stays the same (I have a monthly estimated payment plan, which is good because it allows for budgeting), but what I used last month was quite low, comparatively speaking.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
28 Sep
I don't have the option of that here, but I'm glad that I know how to keep it down a little bit
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@MarieCoyle (13537)
•
24 Sep
Due to terrible allergies, if I don't run the AC I am just miserable, so I do. I have tried to cut back on what I use....I got a clothes rack last winter and I hang a lot of laundry on it to dry rather than use the dryer all the time. I've heard a lot of neighbors complain their power bills are way up, but mine haven't been bad at all yet. Notice I did say, YET. I am not saying when the big cold hits it won't go up, I know it will.
I do wear a sweater in the house when it's cold, if it's really bad I wear leggings AND pants. It's usually January and February when that happens. I am shopping now for some good black-out curtains for my living room. I have good windows, but the window in there is large, and it will help hold heat in that room to get those.
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@much2say (51244)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Oct
@TheSojourner It is . . . one of the many things we juggle in life.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
28 Sep
Sometimes finding that balance can be a difficult thing
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
I'm expecting the rates to go up again.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
28 Sep
I just made sure that I kept it down even when it was hot. When it gets colder come on I'm not as comfortable doing that
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
29 Sep
@cacay1 I have lived in the tropics, so I understand fully!
@cacay1 (79999)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 Sep
@TheSojourner, it's like this here rain or shine temperatures here hot.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
It will be somewhere between three to four times that in the winter months.
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@SonjaRae (17558)
• United States
24 Sep
My electricity bill runs over $100 a month. My water bill because it is divided amongst the units on this building runs anywhere from $30-$40 per month. I would be ELATED to have your bill. As long as it didn’t come with the cost of your rent! Lol
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
I agree. It will be four times that in January and february.
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@Adie04 (17243)
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24 Sep
@TheSojourner I hope the bills here is lower and life becomes a bit better on October.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
$20 per month for both gas and electric is expensive?
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
I'm very conscious of turning the lights off when I leave a room, and keeping things manageable that way.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
27 Sep
@sickly09 Life is a mix of good and bad. I cannot work any longer, as I have stage 4 cancer, so am fully retired. I'm grateful for what I do have. I try to stay as positive as possible, and try not to dwell on it all the time, though it is part of my life, and I do not deny it's existence. Nor do I use it as an excuse not to feel good about life. I am grateful, and yes..."very lucky" in many ways.
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@sickly09 (911)
• Indonesia
24 Sep
@TheSojourner I think apart from that, you are very lucky madam
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@GardenGerty (150155)
• United States
25 Sep
Mine do not combine, but water and trash and sewer are on one bill. I am surprised that mine are not higher. I enjoy the fall and spring when both electric and gas are lower for a little bit.
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@snowy22315 (150655)
• United States
25 Sep
I wish I could get a 22 dollar bill..! It will never happen though, this whole house is electric. The best I could hope for would be like 109 or something. I don't think I ever had a bill under one hundred dollars.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
28 Sep
Our gas is very expensive here. So, if I keep it as warm as most people might in the winter time, mine would be up well over 150.
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@LindaOHio (116452)
• United States
25 Sep
Our electric bill was over $300. They were catching up after billing us the Budget amount for several months. I'm glad you had such low bills.
@thislittlepennyearns (57099)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Sep
Water is about $60 bucks and electric is $330.
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@yoalldudes (33960)
• Philippines
24 Sep
You did a good job. Now I have to think of a way to lower ours.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
Mine will be higher as it starts to get cold again. I'm just trying to figure out ways to be reasonable about it.
@yoalldudes (33960)
• Philippines
24 Sep
@TheSojourner Yes, I understand you will need heater.
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@TheSojourner (64499)
• United States
24 Sep
Two of the utilities. Electric and gas.
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@MrDenata (9787)
• Indonesia
24 Sep
@TheSojourner i see, but still i wish my electric and gas like that
