[ErnBatavia]

Over in Palm Springs, they have SoCal Edison and $1000 monthly electic bills are not uncommon. We here in the east valley have another provider with much better rates, but $300-$400 per month isn't unusual.

It was 111 degrees yesterday, and when I looked at 10am, we'd hit 100............and our A/C took a crapper last night - weekend, of course.

[riri]

and our A/C took a crapper last night - weekend, of course.

Always at the worst time. Sorry. ):

[dragnet2]

Yeah, I had a friend who lived in the inland empire, who’s summer electric bills were about $450. per month...And it was a single story house...Between the mortgage, utilities, food prices, insurance, gas etc....

Well they wound up divorced after their 5th year in the house and after his hours were cut. They finally sold it just before it foreclosed, and basically broke even...He estimated they put about 10k in needed improvements to the home...So in reality, they took the big hit...

This story has been repeated millions of times in just the past 8 years or so....