Posted on 02/16/2023 7:36:37 AM PST by george76
Brent Eldridge had heard that prices for natural gas were high this winter, but nothing prepared him for how bad it could be.
When he opened the envelope from Long Beach’s utility department, he couldn’t believe the total: $907.13, nearly eight times higher than his bill at the same time last year.
“It made me want to puke,” said Eldridge, 48, a pastor.
Household budgets in the Golden State, already stretched thin as prices soar for everything from rent to eggs, are being pummeled by monster gas bills.
Southern California Gas Co. and Pacific Gas & Electric began warning customers in January that they would see higher bills after the wholesale price of natural gas hit record highs. But reality didn’t sink in for many customers until their bills started arriving later in the month.
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Bills have soared “to levels that we haven’t seen in the last 20 years,” Richardson said. “We know families are struggling to make ends meet.”
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SoCalGas and PG&E attributed rising costs to unusually cold weather
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California imports about 90% of its natural gas.
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The increase is not fair for working-class families.
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Lionel Mares .. reading the fine print of his bill, which said he was being charged $3.45 per therm (one unit of natural gas), up from 84 cents at the same time last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Just go solar. That should fix everything.
Who’d you vote for Brent?
Democrats policies are not fair for working-class families...............
Thank you Biden and Newsome.
One of my gas bills was in this range.
I keep my thermostat at 68 degrees in winter - my bill was $170 this month. That’s $40 more than last year.
Trump’s fault.
Obviously.
😏
They never equate their voting practices with their lifestyle problems.
They look to blame evil corporations for their plight and to government as their savior...................
Californians are paying — literally — for their Democrat voting. No excuse for Republicans failing to make a big issue out of this.
Kinda puts a chill in that global warming cult dogma, doesn't it?
According to LA based talk radio, the utility companies did not expect the cold winter so they sold off their reserves. Now they don’t have enough to supply residents.
The lines between public and private sectors are becoming less clear.
Gotta wonder about the insulation in that house. Being that it is in Long Beach probably minimal and has tons of air leaks.
Yeah but, no more bad tweets.
Subsidies to help pay utility bills, which then of course raise utility rates more. Just like college tuition.
Question they will avoid and deflect from.
They will not admit that THEY are at fault for what EVER happens.
I keep my house at 50 degrees and my last gas bill was almost $97.
“California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.....”
Destroyed by RAT policies and control. CA is a failed state because of em.
What they’ve done to CA, they now want to do to the rest of the nation.
I have zone heating in my house. At night I turn off the downstairs heating and drop the upstairs to 66 or 68 and use a thick blanket. It works but my gas bill is still a lot higher than last year.
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