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"change" is a comin', you global warmer you.
if anyone uses natural gas in their home it will be a whole lot more.
Holy !!
I got my electric bill today... and what is normally a $160 - $170 power bill is $335!!
I could believe it if it went up $100 because of summer.... but
It seems CPS has now added a fuel surcharge to my bill ?
Is it ever going to end?
"change" is a comin', you global warmer you.
if anyone uses natural gas in their home it will be a whole lot more.
Gotta turn off that TV when you go to sleep.
"change" is a comin', you global warmer you.
if anyone uses natural gas in their home it will be a whole lot more.
but why! i thought using the gas would lower the bills!
In my house its usually around $60-70 a month and the last one we got was $115.
since i have lived in san antonio 2002, my electricity bill doubles during the summer months. nothing new
Good thing you're a richer. Just check the couch for dropped change...that should do it...Holy !!
I got my electric bill today... and what is normally a $160 - $170 power bill is $335!!
I could believe it if it went up $100 because of summer.... but
It seems CPS has now added a fuel surcharge to my bill ?
Is it ever going to end?
If your kWh usage doubled, your bill will double.
Mine was $255 ... which isn't that big of a surprise considering they said the average bill would go up about $40/mo just from the fuel charge ... which is about what the difference is from my bill this same month last year.
And it was pretty damn hot this past month, so I was expecting a pretty big jump anyway.
since i never knew you could cool your house with natural gas, i'd say it'd be better to wait 'til it gets cooler to see what i mean.
"change" is a comin', you global warmer you.
if anyone uses natural gas in their home it will be a whole lot more.
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Mine jumped but only because my locked in 12-month rate expired so it got knocked up to the market rate (we're deregulated so we choose companies). Just meant it was time to find another company to re-lock-in at for another 12 months. From talking to my parents in SA though, the kWh is still half of what I was able to lock in at and my bills are only in the $100 range... I would assume it's from leaving the AC off at home between 8am-6pm most of the week.
Mine went up from around 150 to 230. I called TXU and they pretty much told me to eff myself...
WTF are you guys using that runs your electricity bill to $300+ a month? What, do you have 8 jacuzzis in your house?
^^ No kidding.
Washer/dryers? extra freezers? dishwashers? Those will usually do it...
i have no idea... but i'm gonna start unplugging stuff when i get home.
I have 2 TVs, a microwave, refrigerator, lights, washer and dryer, a number of electronic devices that are charged up daily, central air, and a 550w power supply on my home PC. My energy bill hovers around $100 per month. Now granted that's probably less than most, but I don't see what someone could be operating other than A/C that would increase a bill that much.
It's those long damn bubble baths Sunshine takes.Holy !!
I got my electric bill today... and what is normally a $160 - $170 power bill is $335!!
I could believe it if it went up $100 because of summer.... but
It seems CPS has now added a fuel surcharge to my bill ?
Is it ever going to end?
You live in Chicago, correct? It's 100 outside in centralish texas right now, and doesn't cool off to under 90 till after 10 PM daily. I leave my AC on 80 pretty much all the time, and luckily my bill hasn't hit $200 yet this year, but i'm sure it's coming soon.
I think a 2600 sqft, 2-story home with 4+ people living in it is going to be significantly higher than an 800 sqft apartment with a single resident. More TV's, computers, lights, heated water for bathing, cleaning, laundry ... it all adds up.
Especially when it's damn-near 100 degrees everyday.
I have no idea of what type of home you live in ... but I miss my 800 sqft apartment days.
*shrugs*
In a nuts :
All energy costs, not just the price of oil have gone up.
The nature of electrical generation in the US is that it depends primarily on the price of coal, and that has gone up (due to Chinese demand) a good chunk. (link to business news article on this)
Further, the extra power generated in daytime in the summer tends to come from natural gas power plants, and the price of natural gas has gone WAAAY up, making the cost of electricity in the summer all the more expensive. ( link to a news story on natural gas and electricity
It isn't going to get better. I would highly recommend doing some checking into ways to improve your household efficiency.
I would point out that with electricity becoming more expensive, if you replace an older, less efficient appliance with one that uses less electricity, you will end up with more money in your pocket over the long run. Efficiency, and stuff like solar panels will pay for themselves and become waaay more economical in the near future.
might be time to turn off the a/c, and put some box fans in the windows west side style...
Our utility bills went up 72% last year and has been going up steadily since.
The thing alot of people are doing, and its not a bad idea, is to slap some solar panels on the roof.
They don't TOTALLY run your house's electric, but it would power so much that your energy bill would drop like a rock.
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