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A study on government electricity and gas price data reveals that Brits pay the world's highest energy bills. Norway is the country with by far the biggest increase in electricity prices worldwide. The UK’s energy price cap was recently raised from 28p to 34p per kWh. ... UK has the highest electricity bills. Brits pay more for their power than anywhere else on the planet. ... Ireland.. The UK’s neighbours in the Republic of Ireland have the second highest electricity cost, paying 18.99p per kWh. . ... Residents of Spain are paying an average of 18.51p per kWh. Electricity prices...

MADISON, Wis. — Utility bills for more than 150,000 customers in south-central Wisconsin are about to increase. Madison Gas and Electric is increasing rates by about 9% in January, which will result in customers paying about $8.20 more per month. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved the price hike Thursday night while also approving MG&E’s request to purchase part of Alliant Energy’s West Riverside Energy Center natural gas plant in Beloit. The move toward clean energy also includes a solar and wind farm. However, the cost of those initiatives has been increased by pandemic- and supply chain-related issues. “This...

Electricity and gas prices are soaring across Europe, with bills close to double from last year in most European capitals, according to new data from the Household Energy Price Index—a monthly tracker of energy prices for households across 33 European capitals, including the 27 EU member states and several non-members. According to the data collected for the HEPI, natural gas bills in Europe have gone up by as much as 111 percent over the past year, with electricity prices up by an average of 69 percent. Taken together, Euronews calculates these two make for a total 90-percent increase in household...

Britain's National Grid had previously said that Britain's ability to secure supply would depend upon its gas prices being high enough to attract exports from Europe and liquefied natural gas from countries such as Qatar and the United States. Sunak on Monday at the COP27 climate change summit said the war should accelerate efforts to wean the world off fossil fuels. British government officials are in talks with major American LNG suppliers about a deal to bolster energy imports, Sky News had previously reported. Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss last month wrote an op-ed in the Times newspaper calling...

During A 11/6/22 Speech, Joe Biden Declares He's For "No More Drilling" Just Days Before Midterm Elections

What is up with the local power companies lately? You cannot get ANYONE to pick up in less than an hour, sometimes TWO hours on hold!!!??? Specifically Iberdrola companies RG&E and NYSEG!!! We have an HVAC biz and getting through to them to get a job number done (electric/gas upgrade) is almost IMPOSSIBLE!

When you think about it, everything that has gone south, it’s because of the Democrat party. We have got to turn out in numbers like we did in 2010 with the Tea Party and get rid of the Democrats and take the country back. This is an election about those who love America against those who hate America.

Republican Mehmet Oz, running against Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman(D) for the state’s open United States Senate seat, says Washington, DC, ought to unleash high-paying energy sector jobs for Americans with wages they can live on rather than tinkering with the minimum wage. In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Saturday, Oz said left-wing politicians such as Fetterman are overly focused on increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour when he says Pennsylvanians can hardly live on such a salary. “My goal is not to get people just the minimum wage, it’s to get them much...

Sorry to bring you another item of news focusing on indicators of poor economic conditions, but analyst outfit Counterpoint Research has just revealed data that finds sales of smartphones have dipped to levels not seen since 2014. Ahhhh 2014: the year in which Apple debuted 4G in the iPhone 6 and gave the world its first Watch, the Heartbleed flaw in OpenSSL gave us a glimpse of a future in which bugs had brands and widely-used FOSS projects could make the whole world stop to patch, and the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie introduced the audio cassette to a...

Calls for Biden to socialize industry have moved quickly from fringe to mainstream...The energy crisis is worsening. The U.S. has fewer than 30 days of diesel and other distillate fuels, the lowest level since 1945. Supplies are so low that there will be shortages and price spikes within six months unless the U.S. enters recession, experts warn. In response, the Biden administration is releasing more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But the reserves are of crude oil, not refined oil products such as diesel. And the releases are stifling investment in future oil production. “People are depleting their emergency...

In this video I discuss the recent FALLS in Natural Gas prices and look at the reasons why European Demand is now decreasing. I also look at the European & Russian DEPENDENCY on Gas, the issues relating to conversion to LNG, what is happening with CONSUMER PRICES and what the WEATHER is forecast to be in Winter 2022. Finally I provide my view on the implications of the current situation for both Russia & the GLOBAL ECONOMY.

President Joe Biden claimed Thursday that gas was over $5 a gallon when he took office in January 2021. “Today the most common price of gas in America is $3.39, down from over five dollars when I took office,” Biden boasted. Gas was only $2.39 per gallon when Biden took office.

by Becca London | RNNAnother day, another lie.President Joe Biden falsely claimed that the national average price of gas per gallon was “over $5 when i took office” during prepared remarks delivered on Thursday.“The most common price of gas in America is three dollars and 39 cents, down from over $5 when I took office,” Biden said.It is unclear where the President sourced the idea that gas prices were “over $5” in January 2020, but the claim is completely untrue.In actuality, the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.39, less than half of $5 and over a dollar...

The European Union’s member states and parliament are set to reach a deal that would effectively ban the sale of new combustion-engine cars from 2035. It is a key milestone for the bloc to meet its mid-century climate neutrality target. Discussions between the two sides, as well as the Commission, the EU’s executive branch, could conclude with an agreement as soon as Thursday, according to Jan Huitema, the main lawmaker in negotiations. A deal would mean that all new autos will have to be zero-emission by 2035, with a 55 per cent reduction in emissions by the end of this...

On Monday, the wholesale spot price of European natural gas went negative. For an hour, suppliers were willing to pay almost €16 to someone able to suck up a megawatt hour of gas, about the equivalent of an average UK household’s monthly consumption. It was a remarkable turnround for a market that saw record prices of over €300/MWh towards end August. Of course, there were special forces at work. Although the negative price was recorded on the main Dutch benchmark for European gas, it was not seen everywhere across the continent. It lasted for one hour only and a more...

Pecksville, Lackawanna County — State Senator and Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano was holding his 'Restore Freedom Tour' in Monroe, Luzerne and Lackawanna counties today. Mastriano is asking Pennsylvanians to volunteer for his campaign in the hopes that he can beat his Democratic challenger Attorney General Josh Shapiro next month. Former attorney general Ernie Preate was a guest speaker and predicts Republicans will be victorious November 8th including in Harrisburg. “Mark my words, there is a red wave coming,” said Preate. Preate was one of several speakers at Mastriano's campaign event at the Fiorelli Banquet and Conference Center in Peckville...

Germany could be completely out of gas by February, the country’s gas agency has said, with some experts saying that the country needs to cut consumption by 30 per cent to make it through the crisis intact. A reduction in gas consumption of up to 30 per cent may be required if Germany wants to make it through the coming winter intact, some experts have claimed, while the country’s gas agency has expressed concern that the nation could run out of the hydrocarbon by February.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that “all of us knew” prices would increase “when we put in place this recovery program. Any time you put more money into the economy, prices tend to rise.” Clyburn also stated that President Joe Biden put kids back in school and has ensured schools are “getting fixed up for climate change” and said, “I resent people who feel that we would much rather not have jobs and education so long as we can pay ten cents less for a gallon of gasoline.” Clyburn...

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that he believes it would be foolish for Americans to vote based on inflation concerns rather than “voting rights.” Díaz-Balart asked, “Congressman, what do you say to people who say Washington can talk about all these big programs and everything else, but I’m worried about the cost of food? I’m seeing the cost of eggs shoot up, chicken, gasoline, you know, coming now with the winter heating. These are all concerns that hit very directly to people.” Clyburn said, “Well, let me make it very clear,...

Gas costs so much. I cant afford it. Why want Bush do something? Don't say he can't. His daddy or his handlers could be on the phone in 2 minutes with the Rothchilds and by 1 week, oil prices would be under $20 and gas would be 1 dollar a gallon. You know it and I know it. Why want he? Do you know? Is there sombody we can call? Plaese advice.