Somehow my consumption went up a whopping 25% to 91 kWh!

Not sure what changed, but perhaps more running time on the furnace blower, given the cold winter temps.

As for the gas bill, I just missed an opportunity to save money in the short term. The gas meters here are read only every other month. In the “off” months, the bill is estimated, based on past usage at your address. Columbia Gas allows its customers to enter a meter reading during the estimated months. I just missed the deadline this time around. And they’ve billed me based on the much higher consumption rate of the previous tenant. So I’ll be paying a fat gas bill this time around; the good news is that the next bill will be much lower because they’ve essentially billed me for gas use in advance. Would have been a bit better for my cash flow had I been more on the ball!

~Ben
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