
04-13-2006, 04:31 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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It paid off being frugal with the heat this winter
I am in Wisconsin so we can have some cold winters. I refused to have a huge heating bill this past year. So I put plastic on the windows and used weather stripping. I also kept the heat at 60 - 99% of the time.
My budget billing was 82.00 a month for both electric and gas - for a 2 bedroom apartment. Most months I had a credit. I think one month I was 4.00 in the hole.
April 1 I turned off the heat for good. I do want to go and flip the electric switch too. Just have to make sure that is all that is connected there. I got my gas bill that ran from March 10-April 10 and it was 36.00. So now my credit with that and my electric useage is 11.00. I do expect to have about a 20.00 credit or so in the coming months.
I could not understand people who were running the furance at 68 or higher all the time. I hate to see how bad those bills were. Plus here in Wiscosin if you did not pay all winter and have a high bill. They start shutting stuff off on April 15. They also shut off both the electric and gas since we have combined bills. No Thanks
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