The Heat Is Officially On For Good.

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Originally Posted by MiamiE

Here's a question. Do your heat bills in the winter equate to our AC bills in the summer?

Without any evidence whatsoever, I'm guessing everyone pays pretty much the same to heat/cool over a year wherever you live in the contiguous US. I'd bet "they" figure out how to get an equal ratio chunk out of everyone, beit through the fortune of seasons or by balancing things via the utility commissions.
Lots of politics are wrapped around energy usage, and I have to imagine the goal is for everyone to assume as equal a burden as possible.
Of course there's ways to beat the game, if you can stand the summer heat or cut your own wood in the winter, or work extra hard to make things as inexpensive as possible, but I think all us average thermostat twisters ultimately pay close to the same, by ratio, year to year.