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When my friend Rebecca in Highland Park, NJ, opened her PSE&G gas and electric bill last month, she almost fell out of her seat: It had tripled. It’s now costing her more than $1,000 a month to keep her modest home running. “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.” “I don’t know how we’re expected to absorb these new bills,” she posted on Facebook. Her neighbor Felix Urman wondered the same as he ticked off his...

The energy company Eon demands a significantly higher gas bill from the Hanoverian baker Eckehard Vatter . He demands around 330,000 euros from the entrepreneur for the gas consumption of the past four months. In addition, he should pay the amount within 14 days. "Are they crazy?" He reacted indignantly, according to the Bild newspaper. "A year ago it was 5,856 euros per month in gas costs for our large furnaces and heating." The boss of the family business, which has existed since 1955, reported on a previously concluded contract with a price guarantee until the end of 2023. "But...