Tell me about it.
I live in NH and my avg monthly bill has jumped over 40% in the past 18 months.
Wife and I have been looking for some good land in central Florida ... had enough of the cold, snow, ice, high property taxes, high energy $$$, etc...
It’s going to get worse, and much more expensive.
One third of our NE electric generating capacity (10,000MW of 31,000MW) is slated to be retired in the next five years. We’re fighting to get the Northern Pass project built (transmission line project to bring energy from Hydro-Quebec) and that will replace only 10% of what we’re slated to lose.
We have Eversource, and our bill has gone up about 85% from previous year - same KW usage. We now pay $400 per month for electricity! When we built home in 2003 we paid on average $80 in winter months and about $150 in the summer with central air.
Each region has its drawbacks. Go to FL and you
have hurricanes, tornadoes, heat and humidity .
Check out Citrus Fl and surrounding areas.
Congratulations! Get out while you still can!
Consider moving to Nebraska. It’s the only state where all electric companies are co-ops, and that keeps the costs among the lowest in the nation. Housing and car insurance are low-priced, too. Just don’t move to Omaha or Lincoln, and you’ll be surrounded by God-fearing conservatives who won’t bash in your car windows for having a Trump/Pence bumper sticker.
Sure, there’s tornado season, but every place has the possibility of natural disasters—hurricanes, floods, earthquakes. There’s fresh air, a low cost of living, friendly people, and a varied landscape where you can do just about any activity but skiing. Don’t listen to the liberals who gripe about it being boring fly-over country...as usual, they know nothing, because the only flat parts of the state are along Interstate 80. It’s hilly to the north (which is why the Irish settled there), more like rocky desert in the west, and you can enjoy the annual beauty of the wildfowl migration along the Platte River—which people come from all over the world to see.
Not trying to sound all touristy here, but we moved to Nebraska and we love it. I’d recommend it to anybody!