"lavendula" writes:
Moved into this new house, manufactured home, 2400 square feet and
really nice, but I'm crying now. In November, I paid $305 for gas and
electric. This is Minnesota, but not as cold as you might imagine.
Paying .07 per Kwh and .876 per therm for gas. Can someone give me some
comparisons? Hopefully not Florida! Thanks.

I'm in Chicagoland, my Nov 15-Dec15 gas bill was 233 therms and the
bill was a pretty hefty 170.34, which would be $0.73/therm. Caveat:
the opening gas reading that month was estimated, so that usage might
not be strictly reflective of that date range. Electric 11/12 to
12/12 was 1084 kWh actual usage total bill $88.09, or 8cents/kWh. The
home is in the same ballpark of square footage if the assessment
square footage is to be belived.

Before freaking out, clarify a few questions:
How many days of usage? What date range? How many degree days

Were both readings for both utilities based on actual
readings, or were there estimated readings involved?

If this is a home you just moved into its possible you're paying for
more than a month of usage. It's also possible that one of the
readings was estimated, which can cause a bill that doesn't reflect
actual use of course.

At any rate, what you're paying seems to be about right given the size
of your home and given that Minnesota is colder than Chicagoland.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/