I put some foam insulation around the seams of the windows, but that might not be doing enough - it's definitely better, but still drafty. I remember sitting at my kitchen table the one day and the wind was blowing and I could feel it where I was sitting. Went online and bought something immediately lmao

Thank you - just enrolled!!

I am on the first floor of an old building with tall ceilings - I just wasn't expecting to tack that size bill onto my monthly rent...

I am a new renter, so perhaps I just don't know what utilities cost in the city, but my December gas heat bill was almost $300 and I cannot wrap my head around that number. For background, I live in a 700-ish sq. ft. one bedroom in Rittenhouse; I set my thermostat to 69 during the day and 64 in the evening. For half the month I was away at my parents' house for the holidays and had the thermostat set at 62. I just used the PGW compare function on their website and it showed that I'm using significantly more than my block and the entire zip code.

Something has to be up, right? I put in a special meter test request with PGW to check if there may be a leak or somehow a neighbor's meter is tied into my usage, but I'm wondering if I'm just shell-shocked by the reality of city living and this is pretty typical (though the compare function doesn't seem to corroborate that lol)...