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Electric Bills About To Spike
The Daily Beast ^ | October 5, 2011 | Laura Coloruso

Posted on 10/05/2011 9:10:36 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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*SMIRK*

Seriously, I have worked very, very HARD at getting my electric bill down from a high of $400/month (ex ran a business out of here) to the $120/month it is now. I, myself, have little wiggle room left for higher utility costs.

(Good thing I look smashing by candlelight, LOL!)

1 posted on 10/05/2011 9:10:41 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I honestly don't know how much more we can take in my family, there is nothing left.
2 posted on 10/05/2011 9:12:08 AM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Baraq and several members of his cabinet (Steve Chu and Lisa Jackson) are ON THE RECORD as favoring high energy prices.

Republicans need to use this as a sledgehammer in advertising in the 2012 elections.


3 posted on 10/05/2011 9:14:07 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

To all the fixed incomer’s that voted for Obama, SUCKERS.


4 posted on 10/05/2011 9:15:59 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ex? Ex??? Does this mean you are available???

};^P>


5 posted on 10/05/2011 9:16:30 AM PDT by null and void (Day 987 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Didn’t we already see a couple of spikes due to the green energy pacts some of our midwestern democrat governors signed?


6 posted on 10/05/2011 9:17:17 AM PDT by cripplecreek (MLB Playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2786167/posts)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let’s be clear. This problem can be laid directly at the feet of the Obammunists.


7 posted on 10/05/2011 9:18:06 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: null and void

I saw her first.


8 posted on 10/05/2011 9:18:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (MLB Playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2786167/posts)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Last winter, in the name of “conservation” my idiot natural gas company decided to charge more per unit the more you use. It was not based on the size or age of the building. Just a number they pulled out of the air..

Needless to say, my business that is in a old drafty building got hit with this rate that was 4 times higher than the lowest rate..

I dumped the gas company like a bad habit and switched to electric heat. (6.1 cents a kilowatt hour)

Now I think I’ll buy a wood stove and go to my inlaws and chop some wood.


9 posted on 10/05/2011 9:19:14 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ours has been close to $200 per month all summer. Our home is about 1300 sq feet. We cannot take much more of a “hike.”


10 posted on 10/05/2011 9:21:55 AM PDT by madison10
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To: cableguymn

Coal stoves are good, too. No chopping. Good Wyoming coal.


11 posted on 10/05/2011 9:22:45 AM PDT by huldah1776
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ya but I’m in Minnesota ;)

I could go with a corn burner. LOTS of corn in MN.


12 posted on 10/05/2011 9:24:01 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: ladyvet

I hear ya! I’m down to bare bones and have been out of work for 6 weeks due to an injury, so that’s 6 weeks of pay I’m out, too. Grrrr! That’s really gonna hurt my bottom line...

It’s getting increasingly hard to be my usual Pollyanna self around here!


13 posted on 10/05/2011 9:25:53 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: madison10

The whole idea is to break the back of the the American people and to try and make them give up and not fight this stuff. Little do they know. Most companies worth their salt, puts away a certain percentage of their income for upgrades and improvements. If the electric companies haven’t done this, they should be forced to do so.


14 posted on 10/05/2011 9:28:52 AM PDT by RC2
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To: null and void

Why, yes. Yes, I am. I’m ‘between engagements’ at the present. :)

Freepmail me with your best offer because I’m not going to be on the market for long, LOL!


15 posted on 10/05/2011 9:28:56 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: cripplecreek

:)


16 posted on 10/05/2011 9:29:31 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; cripplecreek

We could nurse you back to health...


17 posted on 10/05/2011 9:29:38 AM PDT by null and void (Day 987 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Cuts in LIHEAP will force many poor people from their homes. They’ll go to public housing and get, for example, $800/month year round for rent instead of $400 a month in two or three winter months. Taxpayers will pick up the tab.

The clunker homes they lived in will deteriorate further, in many cases.


18 posted on 10/05/2011 9:33:15 AM PDT by Lady Lucky
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’m old, beat-up, broke, unemployed, worn out, used hard and put away wet. What’s not to like?

(Did I mention homely?)


19 posted on 10/05/2011 9:33:29 AM PDT by null and void (Day 987 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: null and void; cripplecreek

Can you make a decent Martini? That’s REALLY what’s most important in a relationship, LOL!


20 posted on 10/05/2011 9:34:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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