[GH85Carrera]

Our house is just under 3,000 Sq Ft, and we are home all the time as my wife is retired, and I work from home. We keep the house at 72 during the day when we are up. The thermostat dropes it to 68 and night and back to 72 just before the alarm goes off.

I have my gas bill and the electric bill averaged for 12 months at a time, so it it always the same.

My natural gas bill is $87 per month with averaging it with the summer use, which would be the natural gas water heater, and any cooking on the range.

Of course the fan on the central heat uses a little electricity. In the really cold months I have a small ceramic heater under my desk to help heat my office. It is on the northeast corner of the house, and for whatever reason when the house was built there is no return for the central heat in this room. It can be 69 in here when the rest of the house is 72.

I would add 40 bucks a month for the electricity to run the central heat and my little heater.

We don't have a wood burning fireplace. It is a decorative gas burning fireplace that has only been used a handful of time in the 26 years we have live here.

So I would put the total at $120 per month to heat and cool the house.