Monday, July 13, 2009
Electricity & Gas
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I'm getting weary of the amount of money I pay for utilities. The utility company says my usage is lower each year than the year before but that rates have been increasing. And one cannot do without light or heat but I yearn for a place where utilities are more reasonable. I leave my house at 6:45 in the morning and rarely get home before 9 at night and yet I pay over two hundred dollars a month for gas and electricity. I don't run machinery or anything else power-thirsty.. In the summer, I keep the temperature around 72 and turn the thermostat to 75 when I'm out; in the winter, I keep the temperature around 66-67 and turn the thermostat to 62-63 when I'm out (having been warned that 60 is risky and indeed having had periphery pipes freeze twice in the last ten years). A wider variation seems pointless because of the work/energy the power/gas has to expend in getting back to snuff when I get home. My utility company does not (yet?) offer alternative power choices, fwiw. Frustrating.
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