The following information is available regarding X Company' utility cost in 2019:

Estimated production 3,500 units

Budgeted fixed costs $12,000

Budgeted total variable costs $24,045

Actual production 2,700 units

Actual total costs $23,844

What was the flexible budget variance for total utility costs in 2019? [Assume that a positive number means a favorable variance and a negative number means an unfavorable variance.]