Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 11290476)

I've always paid far more to eat out in Canada than in the UK, so the opposite experience! But I wouldn't normally spend £52 on a meal for the two of us, so that's probably why. Even when we went to a Michelin starred restaurant and had a 7 course menu for our 10th wedding anniversary, with bubbly to start with and wine, the bill was only £65! So £52 must have been somewhere a lot smarter than where I'd normally eat. :lol:

We can eat three courses at most of our local gastropubs for much less than that, or if we're on a tighter budget then we'll do one of the chain restaurants such as Bella Italia or Cafe Rouge, where you can always find a voucher on the internet for a 2 for 1 or similar. Those are the type of restaurants we tend to go to with the children, and the four of us will usually eat 3 courses and drinks for approx £40.

HTH. Can't help you on the natural gas I'm afraid, as we're not on mains gas (or mains water or mains sewage, sigh!), so don't have any figures for that.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11278019)

You're heating, cooling, cooking and lighting for $50 a month? :blink:

What are you living in?

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 11291513)

What is it per GJ or kWh?

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 11291526)

A little bit more than here, we don't seem to have a peak rate, it's just a flat rate. For my house anyway.

Originally Posted by orly (Post 11291511)

Just got latest bill from Guelph Hydro. It's for 59 days from March 17 to May 15.

Some of it is billed as Winter and some as Summer. Not sure when the Summer portion started but it looks like it was only a few days.

Used $30.52 worth of electricity.
Once they tack on $42.25 for delivery (ffs), $2.48 regulatory charges and $2.41 debt retirement it's $77.67
+HST $10.09
Total $87.76

-10% Ontario Clean Energy Benefit $8.76
Amount due $79.00

So $1.33 per day. Or put another way...barely as expensive as a small coffee at McDonalds. Literally giving it away and most of the bill isn't even electricity.

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 11291509)

It was this place: http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk some chain that I've never been to before. And it was £52 exactly, what a memory. :lol: I don't remember leaving a huge tip and we only had one alcoholic drink each.

Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly (Post 11290771)

Ignoring the 2-for-1 vouchers that you can often find for the chains in the UK

Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 11291752)

We rarely eat out without using a voucher, so they're a pretty essential part of my calculations. :D

Originally Posted by orly (Post 11291511)

Just got latest bill from Guelph Hydro. It's for 59 days from March 17 to May 15
Amount due $79.00

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11291710)

Besides Ontario, anyone one else in other provinces paying a delivery fee for electric service?

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11292238)

Ours shows a $20 a month service charge (like the UK's "standing charge").

Is that what people are calling a delivery fee?

Originally Posted by withabix (Post 11292790)

Whatever you pay for electricity, it is FAR less per KWh than it was in the UK.

We seem to hit the Step 2 threshold a few days before each billing date, but if you look a the the usage for 'similar homes nearby', they use about 40KWh per day, or twice what we do.

Blown air gas heating uses a fair bit of electricity, as does aircon. So you don't win, winter or summer!