Subj : Re: Working from Home costs
To   : claw
From : Taphophile
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 11:50:12

  Re: Re: Working from Home costs
  By: claw to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 27 2023 07:27 am

 > On 26 Jan 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 >  pF> Gas was higher than usual because I'm home all the time and we've had a
 >  pF> cold snap and we have gas furnaces. Electricity wasn't too bad
 >  pF> (especially since we had a 2 1/2 day power outage) and since gas prices
 >  pF> surged I've been charging my car at home (Plug in Prius, 10 mile range)

Thought I'd jump in here and give you a reference point from my neck-of-the-woods! I'm not sure where home is for you, but here in the Greater Birmingham, Alabama USA area the past month has been the highest utility bills since I've been in this house. Typically my power usage is around $219, which includes a $15 a month utility pole open-ended light for my cul-de-sac. This month it has creeped up to $342 for barely any heat increase. I have two furnaces and units on my house. Downstairs is a 240VAC electric furnace, and my upstairs (sleeping floor) is on gas.

Now my gas bill actually shocked me more than the electricity. The only things I have on gas here are the water, and the upstairs furnace. Typically, my gas bill is around $15-$30 if I'm really abusing the gas. This month, my gas bills was $70! For what?!

We've had (counting in my head) perhaps 5 total nights of below freezing temps, otherwise its 45 degrees fahrenheit and up during the winter months at night.

Just for reference. I'll stop babbling now!

(taph)
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