JimH wrote:
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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 was locked in once for a year, and I did the math and paid more that
year than the following year when I wasn't locked in.


It paid off big time for me.

If I'd have gotten in it at the right time, it would have for me, too.
But, I didn't, and because that particular year, gas was really cheap
during the summer, I lost.