Posted on 12/13/2014 8:51:44 PM PST by OddLane
SALEM, N.H. — John York, who owns a small printing business here, nearly fell out of his chair the other day when he opened his electric bill.
For October, he had paid $376. For November, with virtually no change in his volume of work and without having turned up the thermostat in his two-room shop, his bill came to $788, a staggering increase of 110 percent. “This is insane,” he said, shaking his head. “We can’t go on like this.”
For months, utility companies across New England have been warning customers to expect sharp price increases, for which the companies blame the continuing shortage of pipeline capacity to bring natural gas to the region.
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Hey Obama voting Yankees, you voted for Obama the Wacko Bird and now WE PAY!
At 41 secondes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4
All the NIMBYs who don’t want to drill, serves ‘em right.
close to 20 cents per kwh
Something here is killing us....maybe the downstairs fridge? i dunno
And solar panels. We need more solar panels!
Let's get this problem fixed, people!!
They are planning a 30% rate hike soon.
Blaming a natural gas shortage due to supply.
Of course the moonbats are against new Nat gas pipelines.
This on top of the huge rate hike anticipated with Cape Wind.
You sound like you are in a real situation, how much is a kilowatt of electricity for you?
You're aware that "unheated buildings" in northern states get a whole lot colder than the ones in southern California?
Venezuela called, they want their cheap propaganda oil pack.
LEDs in natural white and warm white are good and use much less power and last longer than florescents. LEDs here (strip lights in tubes that are made to substitute for florescent tubes) use a third of the power of LEDs while yielding more light and more pleasant light (colors above). I prefer the natural white. Some others prefer the warm white.
The LED tube lights here are 12-volt and wired to a circuit powered by a battery array, but there are similar lights made for grid-connected houses with 120-volt circuits. Some of the various kinds of lights for 120-volt circuits may need an adapter. Others might not (something to find out about when browsing). There are all kinds of LED lights—tube lights, strip lights, bulbs and others. The bulbs should be available at a local Walmart at some of the lowest prices.
When i lived in Norwood 3 years ago my light bill was half of what it is here in Canton.
Norwood has it’s own electric company, Norwood light and Cable or whatever they call it.
It was pretty cheap, now i’m paying double each month and live in a smaller place.
I live in the Colorado mountains. Winter temperatures can drop to zero at night here.
Lower when there’s a bad snowstorm passing through.
I think the New England States voted for Obama, so they are getting what they voted for.
Some of the appliances that use a lot of juice: forced air furnaces (blower motor), electric water heaters, electric dryers, electric ranges, dishwashers. ...and air conditioners, of course, but those are out of season. Some of the more powerful desktop computers, if they’re hooked up much, will use 100 watts or more...huge cost if left on for many watt-hours each day. A laptop will save big there, or a laptop mainboard in a desktop box with a small screen.
My utilities are folded into my rent. The only thing I pay for is an Internet line.
The electric company gives discounts for using appliances during off-peak hours.
Use them at night when possible. With natural gas, dress warm and lower the thermostat or shut it off.
Utility bills don’t have to be prohibitive if you plan ahead.
Some of the small electric heaters are monsters, when they’re on a high setting.
Yup. My landlord prohibits their use for that reason.
You’re better off with an electric carpet or electric blanket to keep warm.
I keep the house at 60 degrees unless I'm home and awake. I sleep in an unheated bedroom, often around freezing.
It's not too bad, but I don't hang around in there very long after I get up.
Maine has one of the most conservative governors in the country, GOP TEA Party Paul LePage.
Gov. LePage has been trying hard to get a natural gas pipeline built from southern New England to northern New England, i.e., Maine.
There was opposition in Massachusetts to the expansion of this pipeline when rat Duval Patrick was governor. With election of a GOP governor, Charlie Baker, in Massachusetts on Nov. 4th, the likelihood of this pipeline being expanded into Maine has improved.
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers 80% of the state and is the largest in area east of the Mississippi, went GOP in November, and the guy who won, Bruce Poliquin, is a conservative with an “A” rating from the NRA.
We’re not all “commies,” as you say.
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