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Originally Posted by fum
Yes, it is the same all year. We have central heating in our town. So, hot water goes into the house, heats the water for shower etc, and around the house for heating. We don't use much in the summer, and a lot in the winter. We pay 150 -> 200 dollar a month. So you can say that we pay in the summer, for what we use during winter.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Oh. So rather than having your own water heater, the city provides the hot water.
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Originally Posted by fum
Yes. Actually it is quite a nice system. We have a giant plant, north off Aarhus(The main city), built to produce electricity, and the waste heat goes into heating our houses. Around 200.000 people. So there are some big pipes dug down around the cities in our municipality.
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Con Ed operates a steam distribution system in New York City. I believe it mostly serves commercial customers, including apartment houses, so I don't think it's likely that individuals would be directly billed -- but, as always, I could be wrong.