IncidentNo4550

IncidentNo4550 t1_j2fmfvu wrote

I'm not in Hampden. I'm in 21218. But for comparison, I have a 1344 square foot rowhouse (not end of group), and have been here 13.5 years. My highest BGE bill was $291.97 in July 2020. The average has been just under $135. The bill I got last week was $145.23, and my next one (which will include the recent cold snap) is currently projected to be $197. I honestly couldn't imagine paying two to three times as much.

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IncidentNo4550 t1_itvrydq wrote

Reply to comment by skeenek in Water Bill (RANT) by The_Waxies_Dargle

Not "recent" as in a couple of months, but they've grown a lot over time.

If I'm correctly interpreting the "Historic Rate Increases" on the DPW website (https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/proposed-rates), then the water and wastewater rates (which don't include things like account management and stormwater fees) have increased 333% since I bought my house in 2009.

And over the last 20 years, they've increased 580%. Cumulative inflation (according to https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) has been about 65% over the same 20 years.
That's pretty significant.

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