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I'm curious what people are paying for natural gas in the summer and overall.....

The Steam Whisperer
The Steam Whisperer Member Posts: 1,307
in THE MAIN WALL

For the total bill, we are at $5.05 per therm (includes all of the gas company fees). Gas cost is $0.30 per therm. 0.3 therms per day cooking, hot water and dryer for a 4 person household in a single family home in Chicago. I haven't run this past 12 months totals, but its typically about 70% of our bill goes to People Gas Fees, 20% for the gas, and 10 % for taxes over the year.

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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,770

    If our gas provider stuck around long enough, I might be able to tell you but at the moment, I cant think of the name of who is servicing our natural gas needs.

  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,564

    Our last bill was $3.14/therm (taxes and fees included).

    1.47 therms/day. Thermostats are turned off even though we have occasional cold, foggy mornings.

    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • RascalOrnery
    RascalOrnery Member Posts: 107

    IIsn't a therm a hundred thousand BTU? Less than a gallon of heating oil and more than a gallon of propane?

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,649

    A therm is 100,000 btu no matter what fuel you use……just like BTUs.

    Its just a form of measurement.

    Natural gas is usually around 1000 btu/cubic foot so 100 cubic feet is about a therm

    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
  • Sal Santamaura
    Sal Santamaura Member Posts: 543

    Most recent bill (summer, reflecting only clothes dryer, stove, water heater and backyard grill use) was total — including fixed charge, taxes and fees — of $18.37 for eight therms, or $2.30/therm, from Southern California Gas Company.

    Highest last winter (same things included) was $172.72 for 97 therms, or $1.78/therm.

  • guzzinerd
    guzzinerd Member Posts: 369
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    Bryant 245-8, 430k btu, 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains. 26 radiators 3800sqf

  • RascalOrnery
    RascalOrnery Member Posts: 107
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1865654#Comment_1865654

    I understand btu's just wasn't sure if i was right about how much a therm was, basically the op is paying the equivalent to five dollars a gallon in propane was my question, because that sounds like a lot! Heating oil is cheap compared to that!

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,649

    @RascalOrnery Propane isn't cheap.

  • RascalOrnery
    RascalOrnery Member Posts: 107

    If you have a thousand gallon tank you will pay close to a dollar a gallon where i live, that's pretty cheap, my brother an hour away pays about the same for natural gas, heats his house for dirt! I guess I just never realized the vast price difference per area. Here the most expensive is electric followed by heating oil, which you don't get a better price for a larger tank. I just thought across the board natural gas was usually the most affordable, obviously that's not the case. I feel for those who have only one choice, whatever it might be.

  • DCContrarian
    DCContrarian Member Posts: 1,258
    edited September 23

    https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_dcu_SIL_a.htm

  • Hot_water_fan
    Hot_water_fan Member Posts: 2,221

    Fixed: $15.85

    Variable: $1.72/therm.

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