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Utility bills are soaring in the Philly region and so is customer outrage
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 02/27/2022 | Andrew Maykuth

Posted on 02/27/2022 5:53:12 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

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1 posted on 02/27/2022 5:53:12 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: P.O.E.; fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; South Hawthorne; ...

**** Pennsy Ping ****


2 posted on 02/27/2022 5:53:45 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Not to worry........ it’s Philly not America


3 posted on 02/27/2022 5:55:35 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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Philly -- a hotbed of Democrat cheat-by-mail-in ballots that gave PA to Biden.

Zero f***s given.

4 posted on 02/27/2022 5:56:03 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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Yep.

Too bad we couldn’t have had a gas pipeline through our country to help keep energy prices low....


5 posted on 02/27/2022 5:57:50 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Kid Shelleen

What can you say, but elections have consequences.


6 posted on 02/27/2022 6:00:54 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: HandBasketHell

PECO serves 5 counties, 4 are not “Philly”.


7 posted on 02/27/2022 6:01:40 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Kid Shelleen
It's like my neighbors in DC disgusted by the outbreak of crime even in so-called "decent" neighborhoods.

How do you say - you voted for it. You backed Hillary, and you back Biden like 95%. You were happy with the woke DEI criticism of Trump. You wanted it and you got it. Karma's a bitch.

8 posted on 02/27/2022 6:02:25 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Kid Shelleen

Byron Goldstein voted for Biden.
Deal with it, Byron. Enjoy the fruits of your vote.


9 posted on 02/27/2022 6:07:17 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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Yhis entire energy “shortage” has a single root cause Biden. We were energy independent and an exporter of engery under Troop. Biden killed our independence and continues to shut down drilling and potential drilling. This hurts every American not just democrats.


10 posted on 02/27/2022 6:12:04 AM PST by Ronald77
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To: Kid Shelleen
Got an interesting notice from my electric co-op a few weeks ago. There will be a small increase in our rates, just 3%. Why so small? The co-op's primary base load plant is still burning CLEAN COAL.
11 posted on 02/27/2022 6:12:20 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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Natural gas prices have more than doubled. If this guy was so in tune with energy, he knows nothing about the market price of the delivered commodity?

Or is this all just lots of works to state NG commidity charges are high because it mid winter.

That was the item about heating oil. With a calendar reminder, some self control and the right tank size, you could get your oil tank filled every may so at least half your home heating oil was bought at market lows.

The utilities can and do contract GAS for future delivery and lock in 360-180 before needing the NG but they go to rates boards with the market spot price when it is beneficial to them. The lie is exposed when you look at a utilities balance sheet and see investment income. Generation and Commidity costs get pushed onto the consumer.

There are a few companies who do allow you to lock in rates and they use the market to offset calendar risks. If you are really concerned about a 200 buck higher bill 4 times a year, I highly sugest you do some shopping or learn how to buy commidity instruments.

The other solution is to buy shares of your local utility with 200 bucks you have 8 times month because your furnace isnt keeping you alive. After a few years, the dividends will pay for your utility bills.

I use to keep the thermostat and uncomfortable levels per the season.. Now I use the utilities companies dividend to pay the bill. As long as your utility company isnt in CA or NY you should be good.


12 posted on 02/27/2022 6:12:38 AM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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Gas bills up in a blue city..? Boo-hoo. Mine was up about five bucks over last year.


13 posted on 02/27/2022 6:14:54 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Yep. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid liberals are. See my tagline.


14 posted on 02/27/2022 6:16:04 AM PST by LouAvul (The liberal's mantra: " I don't understand why this has to be so hard.")
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To: Kid Shelleen

They voted for it.


15 posted on 02/27/2022 6:18:09 AM PST by pas
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To: Kid Shelleen

16 posted on 02/27/2022 6:20:20 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Suck it up, Byron. You voted for it. Now you pay for it. No, don’t expect your Republican neighbor to pay your increased utility bill as well as his own.


17 posted on 02/27/2022 6:22:01 AM PST by chuckee
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the cost of heating their homes had soared much more than the 7% inflation rat

Inflation Rat. I like it. Well since the price of gasoline doubled, so has my heating cost. $20 to run the chain saw instead of $10. Labor pays the same. $0.00/hr.

18 posted on 02/27/2022 6:29:27 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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Huh? You folks up there have been voting for these democrats for years. Don’t you know they want your high electric bills.


19 posted on 02/27/2022 6:30:00 AM PST by Hattie
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Yep the price of items, goods, services go up/down
based upon many things. Nothing unusable about that.


20 posted on 02/27/2022 6:30:27 AM PST by deport
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