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sassy615 t1_iykvibf wrote

Our electric went down by $70 dollars? But my daughter told me that a lot of people are questioning the same sudden drop and that it will spike in Jan? Not sure, wish I had an answer for you😑

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Icutthemetal t1_iykwonv wrote

Switch to solar. Buy a pellet stove.

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kittyluxe OP t1_iyky1wx wrote

i have a brand new high efficiency furnace and hot water heater & typically pay 260 ish in gas monthly during the very coldest times of the year. 50 $ a month in the summer.
and..... pellet production is super bad btw

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Top_Cat22 t1_iyl2cif wrote

It was an electric credit from last month It's the one time only deal And you're never gonna see it again My gas bill It is usually around $70 In the summer This month it was $7 And my electric bill It about $130 This month 54. And know one knew about it I'm not sure But I think I got something in the mail about it.. Good luck next month Get out and get some long John's..

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BingBong022 t1_iylktoi wrote

My gas bill was $40 and electric was $68

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Desperate_Expert_952 t1_iyloo47 wrote

Got an electric credit last month but that’s it. We are screwed from here on out.

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Opticalpopsicle1074 t1_iyltpxt wrote

My electric bill was $65 dollars less than normal last month and then this month was $65 more than normal? What is going on? That’s some huge jumps considering nothings changed in my house. Its like $230 this month normally $160

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eldetepro t1_iyluy0u wrote

Anyone else notice that when you go to pay your bill it says a larger number then refreshes to a lower number? It’s happened a few times for me with national grid.

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GrapeRello t1_iylxum9 wrote

Cutting trees and getting solar is expensive. People having a hard time with monthly bills don’t have money for solar or major tree work lol. Not to mention half those people are probably renting.

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Icutthemetal t1_iym1bj7 wrote

Might want to double check that. 1 40 lb bag can heat your house for 24 hours on average. 300$ a pallet gives you 50 bags for 300 or 6 dollars a bag. Heating your house for 6 dollars a day is pretty good given gasoil prices right now.

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FuckinDirtyDancing t1_iym3gfv wrote

My gas bill was $311 and we have only put the heat to 62 so far in the past month.

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Null_Error7 t1_iym63ky wrote

Let’s do math. 1 ton of pellets provides 16,500,000 BTUs of heat and costs $350. At 75% efficiency that is 35,400 BTUs per dollar.

An 18k BTU mini split at 75% efficiency in the winter is 13,400 BTUs at 1,300 watts which costs $0.26 or 51,500 BTUs per dollar. Mini split is cheaper for heat.

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Icutthemetal t1_iym6pqc wrote

Not arguing that. Argument was oil/gas vs pellet. Also I own a mini split. The heat just isn't the same feeling. The house cools quicker when it's off and it creates drafts because it's moving heat from one place to another instead of generating it. That's why I bought a pellet stove anyway.

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Sparkleshart t1_iym76b6 wrote

Gas heat at 68 during the day, 65 at night upstairs where we spend our time. Downstairs is at 58. Total square footage about 1700. Had RISE come in spring of 21, insulation was done. Before the credit the gas bill this month was $100.

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degggendorf t1_iym7u8k wrote

Rates are up ~40% on electric and ~10% on natural gas.

Have you broken down your price difference to see what's rate increases and what's usage increase? That would be a good first step. Then compare to the same month last year, being mindful of billing days in the period (it can be different) and weather.

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Downtown_Resort4525 t1_iym84eo wrote

Check to see if the gas is actual read or predicted. I had a crazy bill one year turned out they predicted my uses. Their predicted use carried me through the winter one year.

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CommentAway2893 t1_iym8g8q wrote

Check to see if u qualify for 25%-40% discount on gas/electric on website

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hifidesert t1_iyma8ej wrote

It sounds like you pay for gas by usage. I also have a gas furnace and water heater an a few years ago I switched to the payment plan, so instead of the bill jumping up and down depending on the temps I pay an average of $110 per month all year long.

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j0nny5iv3 t1_iymbkyk wrote

Solar over here 😏

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degggendorf t1_iymcddx wrote

It's also a bit counterproductive too; those trees are shading your house and keeping it cooler in the summer. Cutting them down for solar, you're generating power, but then turning around to use that power to cool your house that's now baking in the sun.

You'll still come out ahead, but imo there are better ways. Community solar and grid solar make way more sense to me...rather than putting expensive small arrays high up on roofs and removing trees from neighborhoods, put a big field of them on already blighted land. Cap off a landfill, cover it with panels. No one wants to live on a landfill, and there was no nature there before either. It's a win-win.

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degggendorf t1_iymcs5w wrote

>pellet production is super bad btw

What do you mean by that? Like, you have a pellet stove but can't find pellets because of production issues?

Or that you would never consider getting one because you see turning waste from lumber processes into fuel as a bad thing?

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cowperthwaite t1_iymhf0b wrote

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2022/11/07/why-rhode-island-energy-is-sending-64-credits-on-electric-and-gas-bills/69626589007/

>Rhode Island Energy announced Monday that it has started provided the credits, totaling $50 million, to each of its customers. The credits are being provided as part of an agreement last spring with the office of Attorney General Peter F. Neronha. The agreement helped clear the way for Pennsylvania-based PPL to purchase the Narragansett Electric Company, which it renamed Rhode Island Energy.

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allhailthehale t1_iymhs7g wrote

Mine was cheaper even before the credit, oddly. Unless my Friday brain is reading my statements wrong.

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Downtown-Armadillo58 t1_iymkmt8 wrote

My bill went way down. It's literally $1.20. Some type of credit was applied to it reducing the amount.

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Greedy-Improvement72 t1_iymmivh wrote

Let's Go BRANDON & the whole Democratic party. Get used to it . Only going to get worse. Unless the government changes. All started when they blocked drilling. America was energy independent under Trump. There for oil was cheaper=Gas cheaper=diesel cheaper=electric cheaper. Dont believe me? Do your research and start educating yourself in how it works.

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ocska t1_iympr0b wrote

I wish we had gas as an option in our neighborhood, be glad you're not on heating oil...

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HiHo-Silver t1_iymswg7 wrote

So do we still want green energy? No we want the US to unleash all of its energy capacity not cut it down. Biden’s going after coal to.

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edthesmokebeard t1_iymtnb6 wrote

We have known this was coming for months. Why the endless karma whoring posts about it?

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401RG t1_iymv4rt wrote

Mine was about $40/$50 each. It’s normally at least 2x that (we have a baby, heat always on). There was a general credit applied?

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Spaday20 t1_iyn7hkp wrote

I received a $60 credit on both my gas & electric this month. Since both bills were so low I paid $100 to each bill due.

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jdmess401 t1_iynbrwr wrote

Same boat, $118 for gas and we barely use the heat. We have a wood burning stove that runs all day, the heat goes on only at night after the stove burns out. Granted, we have a 1920 house with only partially modernized insulation and a single zone, it’s never been the most efficient.

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mdurg68 t1_iynwxxk wrote

Even longer now that electricity price hikes are driving more solar demand. I’m still waffling on the install price vs how long I think I’ll be living in RI.

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samskeyti_ t1_iyo16gc wrote

TBH I'm not sure gas users are going to make out any better than oil users this winter... I keep my apartment at around 62 and filled up my tank before the cold started... I haven't even gotten to 7/8ths of a tank yet. If I was heating with gas though I probably would be spending $$$ more. My apartment is also in a really old ass building in a historical district, I do what I can to insulate but there isn't a lot to be done to modernize it.

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Ryland42 t1_iyodod0 wrote

I like having a $0 electric bill. Granted it's going to take me about 6 years to recoup the cost of the installation but after that I'm just building credits.

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Historical-Classic43 t1_iyojwo5 wrote

Absolutely 100% true . Oil burns slow. I’ve been on oil the past few years and it is 100% better than a gas meter. National grid are the biggest thieves, one less meter for them the better iMO . It’s easier to control oil usage , oil has gone down on my last two deliveries I’m getting a delivery tomorrow and it’s even cheaper than last time.

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Parking_Brilliant842 t1_iypabda wrote

You have to burn 1.5 times the amount of natural gas compared to oil when heating your home. Oil is 140,000 btu per gallon and natural gas is 90k when you convert it to cubic ft which is how they issue it on our bills. I miss dealing with my local oil company compared to a huge corporation. I always had someone to speak to that knew my account and home, versus someone who has no idea. My oil company always helped with budget payments and even allowed me around the holiday when I needed to replace my system to finance it at zero percent with them for a year and I never went without heat. Switching to natural gas might be my biggest regret. I had a smell of gas and I called them they came and shut the meter off and told me to call a company and have them come find the leak and make a repair and then to call back in for them to turn it back on after the repairs were made. After having it repaired that night by my service man, I called it and was told they’d get someone out the next day between 8 am and 8 pm! I went there entire night and next day without heat and they couldn’t care less.

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RivalSFx t1_iyqep09 wrote

Not my fault, I voted republican.

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kanolog t1_iyr6y2q wrote

No. I live in the city so we don’t really get that power outages like that. And hen we do, it’s back up in no time. So I skipped th battery. Which brand did you go with?

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HiHo-Silver t1_iyy80tu wrote

The Administrations war on petroleum products. We have the capacity to create more oil and natural gas more cleanly here. He wants to shut coal plants down 28 percent of the grid.

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Ada57 t1_izjxjkq wrote

I feel your pain. My electric bill is $240.00 and oil is through the roof.

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