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Tuesday - October 25, 2005 at 09:40 PM inNatural Gas Savings
We got our first gas bill of the heating season this year. For the 28 days ending October 13th, we used an average of 0.7 therms/day, as compared to 1.7 therms/day last year (1 therm = 100,000 BTU; this is the unit they use for calculating our gas bills).
This year the average temperature during that period was two degrees warmer than last year, so we probably would have used slightly less gas anyway. But we did not turn on the furnace at all during that time (normally we would have been running it occasionally, especially on cooler mornings), and endured a couple of chilly mornings. So here's roughly how much we've saved: 28 days at 1.0 therms/day less than last year = 28.0 therms saved. At $1.236/therm (this month's rate), we've saved $34.61 on heat as of October 13th. The 0.7 therm/day we used during that month is basically our baseline usage for things like hot water, cooking, etc. Posted at 09:40 PM | Permalink | | | |