Gas Heating costs

[FIRE'd@51]

Sept 08: I had no gas use at all. I did not have the gas hot water heater on and I did not have the heat on. I have an electric stove. But my meter reading said my gas use was up 25% from the month before, and up from the year before, when I was home full time in September.

Jan 09: I have the thermostat at 45 the whole month, down from 58. The outside temperature is not colder than January 2008. I have the hot water heater on less, very regulated. Meter reading shows 20% higher use of gas from previous January.

Were the number of days in the billing cycles the same?

Do the furnace and/or the hot water heater have a pilot light? If so, pilot lights can consume a fair amount of natural gas over a month, if left on.

 

[kat]

Rustic and FIRE'd, those are great ideas and suggestions. I believe my bill has a meter reading date -- I'll have to download it and check.

I'll check the number of days in the billing cycle too.

The water heater was on pilot. The boiler was off after the previous winter. Yet it showed an increase.

I'll make sure to get all the info in order.