« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Heat and power costs  (Read 2153 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Freeper

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17779
  • Reputation: +1311/-314
  • Creepy ass cracker.
Heat and power costs
« on: August 24, 2011, 09:13:03 PM »
Quote
Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Aug-24-11 09:12 PM
Original message
Heat and power costs
   
Just received last months electic bill.

550.00!!!! I have 1900 sq ft. I keep my air moderate and water usage to a minimum.

WTF??? I know it's been HOT, but DAMN!

Ramen here I come. :(

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1808990

Well 0bama did say that he would make energy prices necessarily skyrocket.
Logged
I may not lock my doors while sitting at a red light and a black man is near, but I sure as hell grab on tight to my wallet when any democrats are close by.

Offline NHSparky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24431
  • Reputation: +1280/-617
  • Where are you going? I was gonna make espresso!
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2011, 09:16:46 PM »
Wow.  And I was pissed off when my electric bill went from $90 to $150 a month.
Logged
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”  -Henry Ford

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2011, 09:17:26 PM »
Can you imagine if Cap and Tax passed? And how many coal plants are going to be shut down? will costs go down then?

[youtube=425,350]HlTxGHn4sH4[/youtube]
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline Freeper

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17779
  • Reputation: +1311/-314
  • Creepy ass cracker.
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2011, 09:19:00 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on August 24, 2011, 09:17:26 PM
Can you imagine if Cap and Tax passed? And how many coal plants are going to be shut down? will costs go down then?

[youtube=425,350]HlTxGHn4sH4[/youtube]


Costs will go down just like our health insurance premiums went down by 3000% and we all got raises.

Logged
I may not lock my doors while sitting at a red light and a black man is near, but I sure as hell grab on tight to my wallet when any democrats are close by.

Offline thundley4

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40571
  • Reputation: +2224/-127
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2011, 09:26:11 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on August 24, 2011, 09:17:26 PM
Can you imagine if Cap and Tax passed? And how many coal plants are going to be shut down? will costs go down then?

[youtube=425,350]HlTxGHn4sH4[/youtube]


Obama did not need Captain Tax to be passed. His regulatory agencies are doing it by fiat.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/128109718.html
Logged

Offline RightCoast

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3438
  • Reputation: +185/-24
  • Semper Fi means more than most will ever know
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2011, 09:31:01 PM »
Hydroponics use a lot of power DUmmies.
Logged
nine eleven is a car
nine one one is an emergency service
September 11, 2001 was an attack
Never Forget, or Minimize.

Offline Evil_Conservative

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7845
  • Reputation: +554/-194
  • Oh snap!
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2011, 10:04:06 PM »
That's two car payments.
Logged
You may call me Jessica or Jess.

Offline BEG

  • "Mile Marker"
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17277
  • Reputation: +1062/-301
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2011, 10:32:13 PM »
Hasn't she posted this gripe before or is it someone else?

My parents have a 2400 sq ft house, they recently got their electricity bill, it was $324 ( I know this because we are living with them while or house is finished being built). She needs to take advantage of one of the many pluses of living in Texas, find another provider that charges lower rates.

In CA, not ever turning on the a/c, our electricity bill would run AT LEAST $250-$300 a month ($2800 sq ft). If we had a few days of hot weather and used the a/c for a few hours a day, it would shoot up considerably.  We hit one month last summer where our bill was over $600. You don't have a choice of electric providers in CA and their rates are tiered, their cheapest rate is WAY more than my parents rate here in Texas.  Everyone I knew was always in the highest tier, even during the "winter".  The tiers were by the amount of electricity you used, the more you used the higher the tier.

Another hint, she should also take advantage of the plan where you can spread out all of your monthly averages over a year.  Yeah you pay more for electricity in the winter months but it saves you from only being able to only afford ramen when your summer electricity bill comes.  You could then really get your shit together and do a BUDGET.
 
Oh and another thing, she should be happy about paying what she is paying, she voted for "energy rates to necessarily skyrocket". Just you wait DUmmie for the EPA's new rules to hit Texas, you won't even be able to afford ramen, if you are able to afford electricity at all.

Edited to add: my parents live in the DFW area
« Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 10:39:54 PM by BEG »
Logged

Offline Evil_Conservative

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7845
  • Reputation: +554/-194
  • Oh snap!
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2011, 10:44:37 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 24, 2011, 10:32:13 PM
Hasn't she posted this gripe before or is it someone else?

My parents have a 2400 sq ft house, they recently got their electricity bill, it was $324 ( I know this because we are living with them while or house is finished being built). She needs to take advantage of one of the many pluses of living in Texas, find another provider that charges lower rates.


It would be nice if we all had that choice.  NV Energy is a rip off.  They tell us to conserve our energy, people do, but then they jack up their rates to make up for the "loss" they had while people were conserving energy.  ::)

I hate them (NV Energy) and wish we had at least one other choice for our energy/power.
Logged
You may call me Jessica or Jess.

Offline thundley4

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40571
  • Reputation: +2224/-127
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2011, 10:57:39 PM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on August 24, 2011, 10:44:37 PM
It would be nice if we all had that choice.  NV Energy is a rip off.  They tell us to conserve our energy, people do, but then they jack up their rates to make up for the "loss" they had while people were conserving energy.  ::)

I hate them (NV Energy) and wish we had at least one other choice for our energy/power.

That sounds like what Ameren does in Illinois.  The state regulators are in their pocket and grant them most rate hike requests.
Logged

Offline Skul

  • Sometimes I drink water just to surprise my liver
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12475
  • Reputation: +914/-179
  • Chief of the cathouse
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2011, 10:58:01 PM »
Quote
Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Aug-24-11 09:12 PM
Original message
Heat and power costs
  
Just received last months electic bill.

550.00!!!! I have 1900 sq ft. I keep my air moderate and water usage to a minimum.

WTF??? I know it's been HOT, but DAMN!

Ramen here I come.

Easy fix there, sugarpie.
Close the windows.
Works like a champ.
Logged
Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.”

John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

Offline Big Don

  • Well, there's nothing I won't do; but some things are gonna cost you extra.
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1917
  • Reputation: +151/-64
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2011, 01:44:21 AM »
Here in central CA, PG&E has different rates for different neighborhoods. Poor people get better rates.
Logged
Change You can deceive in!

Offline compaqxp

  • The Canadian
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1449
  • Reputation: +743/-808
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2011, 02:23:41 AM »
Power rates in Nova Scotia are fabulously ridiculous. I'd feel bad for everyone if I could.
Logged

Offline MrsSmith

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5977
  • Reputation: +466/-54
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2011, 05:22:28 AM »
We just went through a record hot spell in SE Kansas NE Oklahoma, and we have had an extra refrigerator running in the garage for a couple months.  We weren't terribly shocked at getting an electric bill that was almost 30% higher than we've ever paid, despite keeping the thermostat at 75 or above the entire time.  We just figured we'd better get used to it, it's only going to get worse.  If Obama gets much more of what he wants, we'll look back on these bills with great fondness when we're paying triple and having to apply for permits to be allowed to have A/C.
Logged
.
.

Antifa - the only fascists in America today.

Offline Erasmus

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1096
  • Reputation: +90/-78
  • Holla ifju thank im seeeeexy!
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2011, 08:05:19 AM »
Mine runs about $450 a month during the summer.  But that's with pool pump going, wife keeping the house in the 70's while it is 100+ outside, etc.
Logged

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2011, 08:35:35 AM »
Why doesn't Texasgal have solar cells on her home like every good liberal should?  Never mind the thousands and thousands of dollars they cost, if they're good enough for the Carter White House, they should be good enough for Texasgal.

She has only herself to blame.  She should have gone green.
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline jukin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16237
  • Reputation: +2118/-170
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2011, 12:11:21 PM »
Another DUchebag didn't get his Unicorn. Maybe in 0bama's second term it will come.
Logged
When you are the beneficiary of someone’s kindness and generosity, it produces a sense of gratitude and community.

When you are the beneficiary of a policy that steals from someone and gives it to you in return for your vote, it produces a sense of entitlement and dependency.

Offline IassaFTots

  • In WTF-istan, I am considered a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13972
  • Reputation: +770/-274
  • Oh well, I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway.
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2011, 12:13:50 PM »
Why does TexasGal have such a large house?  Tsk, Tsk.  1900 is a pretty big carbon footprint.  Bet she has her AC cranked down to 75 or below.  She must be one of those overusers that ERCOT is blaming for our potential rolling blackouts. 
Logged
R.I.P. LC and Crockspot.  Miss you guys.

The infinite is possible at zombocom.  www.zombo.com

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~ Martin Luther King
 
“Political Correctness is about turning a blind eye to painful reality because your comfortable feelings are more important to you than saving lives and providing quality of life to people who work their ass off to be productive and are a benefit to this great American Dream"  ~Ted Nugent

Offline franksolich

  • Scourge of the Primitives
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 58722
  • Reputation: +3102/-173
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2011, 12:23:02 PM »
Whoa.

Wait.

I must live in an alternative universe.

Of course I do, and admit it. 

Anyway, even with a small window air-conditioner running to cool the bedroom during the intense heat-wave here for two weeks in mid-July, the bill was $37, about four bucks more than it usually it.

It's not that we enjoy lower electric rates here--we do, but the difference is slight--but that unlike the primitives on Skins's island, franksolich lives a minimalist life-style, dust rather than plugs in most of the electrical outlets here.

I do however feel for decent and civilized people afflicted with high bills; it's just that I don't sympathize for primitives with high utility bills.  After all, they voted for all this, we didn't.  And too, the primitives are the ones advocating shrinking carbon footprints--the footprints of others, not theirs.

You guys here have my worried condolences; the primitives can kiss my ass.
Logged
apres moi, le deluge

Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

Offline shadeaux

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1891
  • Reputation: +141/-14
Re: Heat and power costs
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2011, 02:05:10 PM »
If you live in a big house you will pay big bills.

DUh.

It's been hot as hell in the South. Did she really expect a $100 bill ?

Idiot.  Learn to like sweating if you can't pay that amount.  Close the damn blinds and curtains during the day.

Fix that right there. 

 
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »