Re: New paradigm for home heating automation and control

[Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:00:51 -0500, "E. Lee Dickinson"
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>"Marc F Hult" <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In considering how to replace a furnace diagnosed with a cracked (thus
>> dangerous) heat exchanger last week, I discovered that this month, by my
>> calculations, and in my case, the cost of incremental electrical energy
>> for
>> home heating ( $0.0506 per kWh) fell below the cost for heating by
natural
>> gas($1.52 per 100 cubic feet ~ $1.48 per therm).
>
>I just got my gas bill today. Up from $0.980/ccf to $1.575/ccf.
>
>Thus, I cry.
>

Intersecting (to me;-) fine point: My calculations were based on the sum of
the parts of the utility's (Cinergy/Duke) part of the bill, but I forgot
about the taxes added on top of that. Wunder where they go ;-)

... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org