gas uage per unit in cold weather? contracts expands etc

creon

so ive been watching my utilities rise and have asked myself this question.

yes cold weather means more energy use in the house but regarding being billed per unit what happens when gas contracts in cold environment as it passes through my meter to a billing stage?

obviously in my mind the gas takes up the same space but there would be more particles in an unit, is this taken into account by the supplier or something which is ignored.

does my boiler react to this and induces more gas to heat up the already colder water in the system or does it adapt?

just scratching my head and i cant seem to google the question with the words 'contract and cold environment' in same sentence without the media hyped results.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

http://www.energylinx.co.uk/gas_meter_conversion.html

matelodave

Have a look at your gas bill and you'll find the conversion factors on it some where which tell you it's calorific values, it's volume coefficient (temperature & pressure) and therefore enables you to convert the volume of gas used iin cubic feet or cubic metres to kwh. The conversion factors should vary to take into account the various changes in gas volume and heat output as advised by the gas transporter to the supplier. have a look at some old bills to see if it changes