{"id":47523,"date":"2010-08-13T13:20:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=47523"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T13:35:02","slug":"national-grid-b-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/national-grid-b-2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grid &#8220;Balanced&#8221; Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just bought a home and enrolled in National Grid&#8217;s &#8220;balanced&#8221; billing, whereby I am currently paying $200 for gas and in 4 months, my actual usage will be used to determine what I will pay for the next four months (once winter hits).  Anybody have any insight\/experience with  the &#8220;balanced&#8221; billing.  I feel like National Grid is getting over b\/c I am using nowhere near $200 in gas right now, and once the winter hits, they will be unwilling to lower my rate b\/c&#8230;well&#8230;it will be winter.  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