Letter from my natural gas company

[Tourney64]

Long, cold winter to impact April bills
Winter weather hung on longer than expected. In fact, March was 25% colder than normal and 200% colder than March 2012. As such, your April natural gas bill, which reflects March consumption, will likely be higher than normal - due to the fact that for most, the furnace was on all month long. Please keep this increased usage due to weather in mind as you open your bill this month.

Translation: You better get a second job.

[NDFarmer]

That's very thoughtful of the gas company to be so concerned about YOUR budget. How nice of them!!

[Primus123]

Seems kind of self explanatory. One time the grid used an estimate from the previous year instead of the actual reading and it was like $200 off for one month. I have national grid. Who do u have?

[hobo finds]

March was 25% colder than normal and 200% colder than March 2012 hope your bill is only 25% higher not 200%

[fansubs_ca]

Was colder than usual here too, winter is still hanging on.

I can see why they do that, give everyone a month to let it sink in and maybe make
a small dent in the number of people that spaz out next month when the bill is so high.

I say a small dent because I suspect a high percentage of the population won't even
read the letter. -_-

[Know Common Cents]

I've always been of the opinion the greedy oafs at the natural gas untility ARE the cause of its "rotten egg" smell. They just use the excuse it's added as a safety feature to cover their tracks.