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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
We're paying $1.165 per therm including all delivery and metering charges. Avg temp this yr 30 degree. Last year 36. Used 317 therms last year. 363 this year.
Bill I quoted includes electricity at $.104 per KW hr.
I don't think many people use heating oil around here. I've never even seen a heating oil delivery truck in Denver.
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Stop right there.
All of my posted info has
no electricity included in the numbers. This is for domestinc heating and hot water, exclusively.
In your specific case, it's difficult to take a reading on a monthly basis. What's the total consumption, in therms, for a calendar year? This comparison would be of greater benefit. From my experience with a small rental house (650 square feet!!) that is heated with gas, the use of 363 therms does not seem all that high for a month with 30 degree average temperatures. The rental would use approx. 275 therms in the dead of the winter (January or February). It's a stucco over wood frame house with limited insulation in the attic only.
Additionally, does the gas also serve to heat the domestic hot water? How many family members? In my specific case, I live alone, so the use of hot water is limited. Another significant variable in the equation.