Electric Bill

August is shaping up to be a very hot month! So far we've had a few days in the 90s (with high humidity!), and the weather forecast is calling for temperatures in the 80s for at least the next week. 

We try to keep the A/C set around 75 during the summer, but with the humidity even 75 feels too hot... so we dialed it back to 73, which means the condenser is running practically nonstop for most of the day (and a good part of the night, to "catch up"). Makes me wonder how much our August electric bill will be. Our electric bill in June was only $47, and $115 in July. 

I had only budgeted $110 for August, so hopefully the weather will cool down some... 

Gas Bill

I logged in to check my email this morning, and found the monthly email from our gas company saying that our bill is now available (most of our bills & utilities have online accounts/e-pay, so we use that to cut down on paper waste and to save on postage). Our summer gas bill runs around $50/mo, with the absolute lowest being around $35 if we're really cutting back on showers & laundry.

July's gas bill: $16.86

At first I thought that perhaps they had estimated our usage for the month and managed to screw something up (we've had several problems with both the electric and gas companies doing that in the past, and then we end up with a bill that is $100-200 more than usual when the actual vs. estimated readings catch up). Turns out that they had estimated our bill last month, and they must have over-estimated our usage - so I'm thrilled.

It's only $35 saved, but after yesterday's realization that we're somehow $850 behind for the month, every little bit helps!