After my mini-rant of yesterday about 'missing' bills, my Hydro bill was posted this morning.
The grand total for 67 days worth of billing (January 4 - March 11) is $82.91! Based on Budget 2012, I am putting away $55/month towards my hydro bill based on a 30 or 31 day billing cycle. Based on this latest bill, I just "saved" myself $27.09 -- over to the Travel Fund that goes! Wow....I thought for sure I was spending more than $1.24/day on hydro.
Let's look at how that breaks down.....
Actual charges for electricity: $38.41 ($0.57/day)
Other charges (i.e. taxes, regulatory fees, delivery, etc): $44.50
I anticipate that next billing cycle the charges will be even lower (unless I turn on the A/C). When I moved into the condo and still getting settled I wasn't too worried about not using electricity during peak hours. After having clothes/bedding/towels in storage for a couple of months, it would have taking me ages to watch everything only after 7pm and on weekends. Now that I'm more conscious with running the dishwasher or washer/dryer and cooking batch meals during non-peak hours, I hope the bill will reflect that.
17 days into this billing cycle and I've spent $9.09 on direct electricity charges....down to $0.534/day!
Have you ever been surprised by a bill.....in a good or bad way??
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