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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I'd wager I don't use 2/3 hot water. Plus I have a gas water heater and it uses so little that during the furnace-off months practically the entire bill is for the monthly service fee. 
Looking at a recent gas bill shows $4.22 worth of gas but then add in all the B.S. (7 different items that even the person I called at the gas company didn't know what they were) and it triples to $13.09.
Looking at some billing statements... the actual electricity I use/month at 9.6 cents/kwh is only 1/3 of the total bill, the other 2/3 being facilities charge, renewable energy surcharge, and tax. |
Frank,
I know exactly what you mean.
My recent gas bill tells me for every one dollar of gas I use it costs me two dollars to get it there.
I don't know how much "service" a pipe in the ground actually needs but I am guessing it is not a lot.
Same with the electricity bill. 1/3 product costs and the rest is "charges".
Water usage for my place is 66 litres/day so for each month it is 66 x 30 = 1980 divide by 4 to get US Gallons and it is about 500 or so for everything...showers , flushing the toilet (damn criminal waste in my opinion but a legal requirement here) , washing the clothes and the dishes (the clothes washing water is used on the garden so that helps).
Peter.