Yikes! I Don't Believe This

No, I have not, yet, but I suspect it will come. It was gas bills two years ago. Hubby cannot understand why I do not want to use the a/c unless I just cannot take it anymore, but I do not want to pay for things that are not tangible. I understand that because my electricity if from a co-op situation we have some of the absolutely lowest rates in the whole nation.

I know that some electric companies have different rates for summer billing than they have for the rest of the year. So even if your electricity consumption stays the same, your bill still goes up. It's meant to discourage people from using a lot of electricity when there's a higher demand for it, with all of the air conditioners running. We also don't have air conditioning in our apartment (you only need it about 1 week a year here), but our summer electricity bills thus far have been low. We only get a bill every other month, though, so I haven't seen one for the real summer months yet this year. (Our winter electric bills were the high ones for us!)

That is a big jump. I wold call your electric company and see if they did an actual reading or are estimating or what is happening. That is too much for a month with no AC

Is that for gas and electric both or just electric? Ours is billed together but ours did jumped $17 last month. And they always show at the bottom of the bill a comparison of what you used last year in the same month, we were down considerably on usage. We have replace all the bulbs in the house with compact flourescents and don't turn on a light or appliance unless absolutely necessary and it still keeps going up. I started to look into alternatives like wind power and solar power. Those are great if you can afford to put out a huge chunk of money all at once! The cheapest wind unit I could find would take 5 yrs to pay for itself! Ridiculous. I just try really hard to keep everything shut off that isn't being used. I don't even turn the bathroom light on anymore unless I need to fix my hair. There's enough light that comes thru the window for me to take a shower or whatever without the light on. It's just really pathetic that I have to think about NOT turning on the light when I have to go to the bathroom to save money.

Ouch, that hurts. I know the costs are going up but generally in summer your bills tend to be much lower. Ours have been especially since it hasn't been a very hot summer and we aren't using the air conditioning. Imagine what that bill is going to be like in winter with the price of oil, gas and electricity all going up.

Hi pye, Everything is going except the wages anif the wages up ti measley 1% hardley worth it. Last month our electrict and gas bill came up to £86.per monthe and we only have two bedroom house, its crazy. Bright Blessings Tamara

Those rotten scoundrels (the electric people) said they were raising the rates 22% what a shame, we can't afford gas, my rent just went up 8.5%, we are eating salmonella tainted tomatoes, scallions and onions, beef is infected with e-coli, Bumble bee tuna has botulism, vinyl shower curtains are throwing off cancer causing toxins in the air, what else is going to happen to us?

Maybe your service provider made a mistake somewhere. That is really a big jump and unless your electricity consumption increased drastically in the last few days, you should not really have that kind of bill! Anyway, the best thing to do now is call your service provider and ask what happened to your bill.

I always have a large PG& E bill because of the pool so far it has not gone up to much. I will see how much it has gone up since we had those 112 degree days last week. I am dreading how much that will be. My neighbors have not opened up their windows since the summer started. It is 79 degrees outside with a nice breeze. I can still hear their air conditioner going on and off. I do not know how they can stand the house being so locked up. I cannot sleep without the windows and our sliding glass door opened in our bedroom. It saves on electricity to let the cool breeze in and I like it better.

Why not complain to them,there might be an error somewhere.

Things might be as bad in New York as in Florida. Right when we can afford it least, the Public Service Commission gave the electric company permission to raise their rates by sixteen per cent. I think this is obscene. My house is huge, so I really shouldn't complain about more than $500 electric bills in this hot, hot summer. Still, I'm trying to think of whose air conditioning I might use during the day, at least until I go back to work in a month or so. I can't imagine anything else you could do to save on the bill. I'm really sorry you and so many others are going through this.

Hi Pyewacket here in the UK I am on a key meter as before I was working I had one of £200 that I couldn't pay immediately so they put me on this and recently I have been feeding £20 a week for WHAT? instead of £10. I like you am on the computer a lot and rang to query and the computer only uses 1kw of energy if on constantly for 10 hours so it is not that. Even though I have three children the majority of the time there is only myself and my son so I guess it is just the price hikes that are doing this. Ellie :D

yeah electricity rates have just risen up earlier my bills used to be a thousand bucks like about 25 $ but now it has become 6000 bucks so that comes to 150$ i just wanna say what the f.. how can that be this has ridiculed me so much my dada curses me for using the laptop so much i curse my sisters for watchi8ng the tv so much but we really cant help it .. i just dont understand how do we managve with sp much of cash in just electricity bills..we just need some ways to find out how to save electricity and other expenses to reduce this so called ridiculous bills and other expenses

Hey Pye, This is a very painful subject! I also live in NY-in Westchester County and have to deal with ConEd(wish I could use your little mean smiley) I have seen my electric bill jump higher and higher each month and have no idea why. I also don't use ac only a fan. I hate lights, only use out of necessity. So I don't get it. As you know talking to those ConEd people is a bad joke. The just double talk you with that kilowatt stuff like I know what that means. They know we don't and we don't have any other choice but to pay whatever amount they tell us to. That really pisses me off. We don't even get a second choice! So they can't explain the jump in the electric and they just want us to pay it. My bill has more than doubled in one month and this has been happening for the last 3 months again with no real explanation!

I paid all of the sudden $176 with Ac running only for 2 hours at night. Other than this I didn't change anything. Also, my latest bills where around $90 already, with usage only $50 and the rest was between federal taxes to additional taxes and fees. I hate to think what I am going to see next month....

Our electric bill is always high. We live in a pretty big house by some people's standards. I go behind everyone and try to keep lights turned off and what not, but the people that complain about the bill the most tend to leave the most lights in the house on. So, our bill tends to run pretty high. I'm kind of afraid what the energy hike is going to do to our bill now. It's not like we can really afford a jump in our bill as it is.

Yes. Ours has taken a leap as well. There are some days when it is so hot and humid that it is hard to breathe and I break down and use the air conditioning then. But most of the time I don't. The budget is taking a beating with all the increased expenses.

My bill is always higher in the summer usually over $100, but thats because I do run the air conditioning--alot. It just seems the price of everything is going up.

hi pyewacket yes our bill in he summer time for our two bedroom apartment is runing around ninty to one hundred and when its cooler about seventy five so costs are really up.

Ouch. For a studio apartment, very painful. However, have you gone through and checked for "vampires"? Cell phone charger, cable box, microwave clock, stove clock, etc.... Little things like that can seriously add up.