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Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🍂 Monday, April 29, 2024

My gas usage (excluding supply) for two months was $90. The only gas appliance I have is my ducted heating which hasn’t been switched on at all this year. That seems high, right? The heater system has an always-on pilot light but $90 for just that seems steep.

The heater system is around 30 years old, might be on the fritz - but turned on this morning and it was working fine.

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SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Is your gas meter accessible? Check the reading, then check a few days or a week later again, and you’ll know how much gas is getting used per day/week. Then you can multiply by the cost on your gas plan, and see what the cost is. There will likely be some other set charges in the bill, not counting the usage.

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LovesTha@floss.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
@tone212_ @Seagoon_ Firstly look at the bill to see when actual reads have been used versus estimates. They are probably estimating usage and will adjust when a real reading is done.
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- tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The $90 is incorporating an adjustment after an actual read of the meter (they only read the meter once every 2 or so months). I usually get one estimated high bill, then one low with the adjustment. It’s worked out to $90 usage charge over 2.5 months.
  
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  - RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That does seem high. My only gas appliance is hot water, and my total gas bill for the last three months was just under $90, with $25 of that being usage.
    
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  - LovesTha@floss.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    @tone212_ very high, if that is from two actual reads I'd be talking to a plumber about your gas leak.
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Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hot water system is electrical?

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- tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, I got a heat pump unit installed when my old gas system died. So much cheaper to run!
  
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