"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
Got the gas bill for December for the house...

More than twice as much as the corresponding month of 2003.

Incredible.
What I find odd, is my neighbor's was double, mine wasn't. Mine did go
up a LOT, but not double.

Was your usage the same? Do you have peak and off peak pricing?

I am on a 2 year contract ($.92/Ccf) with a supplier that ends the end of
this month. They wanted me to renew with only another 2 year contract
option available. I refuse to lock into another contract with the
current gas prices and opted instead to go with a month to month rate
with our local gas company, but with a rate/Ccf 75% higher than my old 2
year contract rate.

Current rates in my area:
http://www.puco.ohio.gov/Puco/Apples...cfm?doc_id=479

The plus side is that there is only one more month of really cold
temperatures before things start to warm up. The cost of natural gas has
to go down by next winter.........at least I hope it does.

I'm in a slightly worse position, in that we have our gas delivered by
truck, and pay a slight premium for that. We have a 500-gallon tank buried
in the back yard. We use the gas for rangetop cooking, to heat hot water,
in one of the fireplaces, and as a backup for one of our heatpumps. My
wife grabbed the bill, else I'd know what the per unit price is, but I did
notice it had more than doubled. Grrrr.

You have your gas, presumably propane, tank burried in your backyard?

The only take you would likely have buried in your backyard is a fuel oil
tank. And, if your house was built recently, as you assert, you fuel oil
tank will be above ground.

The water table in your area has got to be very close to the surface?