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01-18-2007, 07:59 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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Electric Bills
Did the rates go up again, cause I could have swarn I payed less per month using 3 AC's this summer than I am now.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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01-18-2007, 08:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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Just Wait...  |
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01-18-2007, 08:12 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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Funny you should say this. I just got a mailing from MXenergy advertising electric rates cheaper than Nat Grid. 10.8/kwh vs 13.725/kwh they say right now.
Our rates in Uxbridge and Hopedale have gone up alot...house is up $55/month now and this is after cfl conversion last year which saved $28/month.
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01-18-2007, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i'm burning six inch wide candles as it is...  |
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01-18-2007, 09:47 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,324
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Best of luck to those who have a heat pump for primary heat  oke:
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01-18-2007, 10:09 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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My utility tried to rake me over the coals last month. They couldn't get in to read the gas meter and estimated my bill to be much higher than last December, which was freezin compared to this December.
Called them with the reading and it was $80 instead of the $220 they estimated. 
Meantime the electric went up 10%.  |
" Choose Life "
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01-18-2007, 11:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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Check the fuel cost on that bill .. We are still getting hosed no matter what the energy companies are telling us in their propaganda  |
low & slow 37
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01-19-2007, 07:37 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Did the rates go up again, cause I could have swarn I payed less per month using 3 AC's this summer than I am now.
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we went from 100 to 148???  wtf??? |
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01-19-2007, 08:02 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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They have the American public conditioned to just pay whatever they put on the bill!!! People are beginning to wake up! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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01-19-2007, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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time to switch to solar....it's wicked easy to do now adays...
the panels are getting real cheap.
the six inch wide pumpkin scented candles
at walmart (they last forever) were mega cheap
so my wife and i each bought each other one for christmas
just on a fluke.... but it was funny..too... that i was watching
an episode of Stargate SG1 on TV
and son of a bitch they
had bought the same candles and
were burning them on the set.  |
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01-19-2007, 11:01 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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No lie my bill this month was 166.00 I don't use that much gas in my Expedition in a whole month.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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01-20-2007, 07:04 AM
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The Black Dog - Emma
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Central Jersey (Hightstown)
Posts: 439
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slingah
we went from 100 to 148??? wtf??? |
slingah same with us - 100 to 152 - nuts |
Ride the spiral to the end...............
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01-20-2007, 08:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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Mine stayed about the same, just a hair over 200 bucks (Nstar capecod, and 2 athletes (laundry) & too many appliences running all the time)... no increase just too much dough.. some of you guys might be paying for your Xmas decorations  on this bill...  |
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01-20-2007, 01:11 PM
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No Shorts On
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bassachusetts
Posts: 1,109
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From around $96 to $144 here. Amazing....and we STILL lose power! Maybe they should sink the blasted money into upgrades! |
Bob Thomas
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01-20-2007, 03:59 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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50 to 100 here.
in 2 months and according to my bill my mwh doubled as well... yet nothing is different.
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01-20-2007, 04:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Hanover, MA
Posts: 126
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FROM 145 TO 195 .
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01-20-2007, 04:35 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Isn't January the month the electric companies make up for under estimating the bill the rest of the year. They actually send someone around in December and find some people used more, and some people used less, and all are billed accordingly, ya right. I know mine is always more in January and I called a couple of years ago and thats what tyhe poor lady who answered the phone for me and the gazillion other customers who called complaining said.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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01-20-2007, 04:43 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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ever feel your getting hit from every angle???? 
up,up,up,up,up,up,....... |
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01-20-2007, 04:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,695
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Like Salty has done we're in the process of getting rid of all incandescent light bulbs in the house.
This month's electric bill was just way to high.
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01-20-2007, 05:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
Posts: 4,263
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Basswipe..I did that last month and it seems it has help a lot
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I'm going where I'm going... 
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01-21-2007, 12:08 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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You guys switching to the curly bulbs and saving money?
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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01-21-2007, 12:29 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
You guys switching to the curly bulbs and saving money?
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yep... had em for 2 years now. |
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01-21-2007, 01:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
Posts: 6,049
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by july mine will be up 49% . to hell with the UI's upper management
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01-21-2007, 01:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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Wow, mine is like 220-280/mo.... My Dec bill was $267.
My CFL conversion reduced it $60-70/mo too.
I wish I had a electric bill of 55. You guys must live in the dark.
The breakdown of my bill is like this:
$0.119190 /kwh supplier charges <---act elect cost
misc bs:
$.04717 distrib
$0.02278 transition
$0.00695 transmission
$0.00050 Renewable Energy
$ 0.00250 Energy Cons
total: .11919 + .0799 = .1991 $/kwh NET
How many KWH do you normally burn in a month? Ballpark.... I am in the 1100 range but in July with AC it will push 2100
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01-21-2007, 02:35 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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keep in mind im in a 650 sq ft apt
last jan 383kwh
this jan 610kwh
have not added anything substantial so i think something up
610 kwh = $105.85 this month
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01-22-2007, 02:28 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Wow mine was 79 bucks for the month for a usage of 585. I also have Middleboro Electric which I am pretty sure is a non profit local electric company. The town next over Taunton also has a local electric company and I think I read they have some of the lowest rates in NE. I have been all fluro lights for a few years now too. I can imagine what my boss pays for electric to run the machine shop on Cape, 2 shifts. I think he told me 3500 a month a few years back. Maybe he's not as rich as I think. P.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-22-2007, 10:52 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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I used 981 in January, there is nothing on this bill that says it is adjusted. It says actual meter reading, not estimated. Maybe the electric dryer with all the laundry is killing us.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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01-23-2007, 06:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
You guys switching to the curly bulbs and saving money?
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Ocean State Job Lot 2 bucks. More light, less wattage. Takes a sec to power up but I like them. |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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01-23-2007, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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yep
switched to them curlies... but the only lights we use generally are the tv tube, the pc tube, and the fire-light and or candle light....
turning a light on is only for the time needed to see....then it goes off.
nice thing about snow.... it makes it easier to see at night upstairs
without having to turn on a light...
(for a middle of the night bathroom run)
conservative? Absolutely. I think the bill was $ 126.00 which is
$20 dollars higher than usual but we're running the oil filled heater (in the bathroom) .....the thing is awesome.
especially the hot towels |
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01-23-2007, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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hey Salty?
what did ya think anout that MX electrical provider offer
out of Texas... i wonder how they do that...? 10% less
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