'Therm' is kind of a fun sounding word. It puts you in mind of the nickname of a friendly trucker you might meet in a diner, or a cartoon thermometer that helps teach kids about energy conservation. And that's what the gas companies want you to think. So instead of reporting the gas you've used in units of cubic feet, they report it to you in Therms (1 Therm = 100 cubic feet of gas).
Back in August I had 6 Therms visit me. A Therm visit costs around $1 (it's been .95 to $1.25 on various bills since August) including the Therm, its delivery cost, and the taxes associated with him. September brought 32 Therms and October 55, so even though I now have more than one Therm a day visiting me, I still haven't noticed them. Then November comes along and my house doesn't feel any more crowded, but I learn that I was visited by 123 Therms.
Up to this point I had not even noticed that there was a gas section on my energy bill, so I call the good people at the energy company to make sure this variation is explained by what seemed like a negligible change in the temperature out of doors or if the Therms were pulling a fast one on me.
I had a delightful conversation with a representative who showed me how I could see DATA of my daily use of electricity and gas online. And they already put it into GRAPHS!
I LOVE DATA AND GRAPHS! An extra hundred or so a month is totally worth it for more data especially data that I can manipulate myself. So I've been making radical changes to the thermostat before I go to bed and then waiting, barely able to keep still like a kid on Christmas eve, for the data changes to show up online.
I'm okay with additional visits from Therm, but I would prefer it if he could start recording his visits hourly. Hourly data is the best.
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