Today's high is 71, last night's low was 40. Even though the evenings are chilly, I decided to turn off the heat on tuesday. The temperature indoors has dropped to 63F this morning, which is bearable. I calculated, that with the heat on (5AM-8AM,5PM-11PM), and with chilly nights, it would cost us about $3/day, so it is defenitely worth it. This winter's coldest bill cycle cost us $7.24/day with an average temperature of 16F. In all it was a very mild winter with only that cold bill cycle having an average temperature of less than 29F. The next coldest were: 29F, 35F, 37F, 42F and 42F. The total heating cost for the winter (and therefore the entire year) was $794 (over 7 month), with an expected $30 for our last bill. We are lucky we live in a well insulated house! Our AC season will be from June to September and last year we spent no more than $40/month on cooling. Our July cycle was $90 while our latest (April cycle) electricity bill was $70! On the other hand, we have an electrical water heater and stove, that's where our winter electricity goes! In any case, we hope to be holding out as long as possible without AC this summer...
Turned the heat off
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