New Jersey’s electric bills tripled this summer — and could cost Dems the state

New York Post ^ | Aug. 10, 2025 | Bethany Mandel

[cgbg]

The Democrats have been slowly boiling the frogs...and it is getting very hot in the pot!

[ClearCase_guy]

could cost Dems the state

As far as I know, the Dems are still the ones who count the votes. So I don't expect any change.

[TheDon]

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard”.
H.L. Mencken

[PGR88]

“Property taxes are up 6.3%,” he said — on top of what had already been the nation’s highest. Car insurance up 15%. Home insurance up 17%. Health insurance up 19%.

But trailing 12 months CPI is 2.7%

More DC Fed.gov BS.

[TexasGator]

“It’s now costing her more than $1,000 a month to keep her modest home running.”

Any NJ PSE&G customers here.

Looking at their rates, this doesn’t look right.

[Bobbyvotes]

Why are electricity bills so high in NJ? I live in hot & humid Florida, have 2 A/C units running, and my monthly average bill is less than $50.

[V_TWIN]

I guess I should shut up about my $190 power bill here in Florida......especially since it’s consistently in the mid 90s right now.

[TexasGator]

““It’s been creeping up for months, in spite of the fact that nothing about our house has changed,” she told me. “In years past, it was averaging about $300 a month.””

Rates didn’t triple ...

[Mariner]

R-30 insulation and good, double pane windows pay for themselves.

[parmamenian]

I can’t wait for New Yorkers to have the same problem once everything is “Free”!

[wjcsux]

If the United States needs an enema, New Jersey is the place to administer it.

[jeffc]

I have SECO. 3 bedroom/2 bath house, my bill went up from $106 to $120. But I am in the middle of a forest....

[Magic Fingers]

At least CA can (try to) defend the high cost of living by citing its natural beauty and climate.

[fruser1]

To save the earth, energy costs must necessarily skyrocket.

[Reddy]

This is the plan. Erase the middle class through taxation/inflation/rising prices.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Your betters will tell you that it is Climate Change causing the increase... and you will probably believe them and vote them in again.

[FLT-bird]

Why are electricity bills so high in NJ? I live in hot & humid Florida, have 2 A/C units running, and my monthly average bill is less than $50.

the answer is simple: Gaia Worship.

[Paddyboy]

Every single citizen of New jersey could vote for Ciatterelli,including Sherrill himself,and Sherrill would still win

[V_TWIN]

You must keep your thermostat set at 82°