Dear Terry, Han, and All,
Our water, here in Geelong, is measured in litres and billed in kilolitres
or megalitre. I think that this is also true for most other areas in
Australia.
This means that:
our electricity is measured with a 'kilowatt hour meter' and billed in kWh
Note: What does a 'kilowatt hour meter' measure: revolutions?
our gas is measured in cubic metres and billed in megajoules
our water is measured in litres and billed in kilolitres and megalitres
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin LCAMS
Geelong, Australia
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on 2003-08-22 01.35, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> UK bills:
>
> water = measured and billed in cubic metres
>
> electricity = measured and billed in kWh
>
> gas = measured in cubic metres, billed in kWh
> (some UK gas meters measure in cubic feet, but these are being removed and
> replaced with metric ones as they wear out)
>
> Netherlands:
> Is gas measured *and* billed in cubic metres?
>
>
> Australia:
> It is interesting to note that gas uses different units to electricity.
>
>
> USA:
> Does anybody have metric units for gas, either on the meter or on the bill?
>
>
>
> --
> Terry Simpson
> Human Factors Consultant
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> Phone: +44 7850 511794
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>> Of Han Maenen
>> Sent: 21 August 2003 06:22
>> To: U.S. Metric Association
>> Subject: [USMA:26686] Re: Slightly less off topic: Electricity consumption
>>
>> In the Netherlands electricity is measured in kW.h, but gas is not
>> measured
>> by MJ but in cubic meters,. as is water.
>>
>> Han
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, 2003-08-21 3:01
>> Subject: [USMA:26685] Re: Slightly less off topic: Electricity consumption
>>
>>
>>> Dear Terry and All,
>>>
>>> My gas bill is in megajoules (MJ) and my electricity bill is in
>>> kilowatt-hours (kWh) and I think that this is the common practice all
>> over
>>> Australia.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Pat Naughtin LCAMS
>>> Geelong, Australia
>>>
>>> Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication
>>> matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words
>>> subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>
>>> on 2003-08-20 01.03, Terry Simpson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bruce Hebbard wrote:
>>>>> the units are average kWh used per DAY.
>>>>> I'm tempted to write the utility and say something like,
>>>>> "Thanks for the average. BTW, studies have shown that
>>>>> the average number of hours used per day hovers
>>>>> consistently around 24.0, so it's OK with me if you
>>>>> want to factor that out and just give me plain old watts..."
>>>>
>>>> Funny!
>>>>
>>>> UK electricity and gas bills are in kWh. They should be in kJ. I think
>>>> Australia uses kJ.
>>>>
>>>> Is it that all US electricity bills are in kWh and all US gas bills
>> are
>> in
>>>> BTU?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
