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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    I got an email that my monthly electric bill will be going up 20% starting next month.

    My year over year usage has not changed.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • LuFins DadL Offline
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      LuFins Dad
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      #2

      We received a notice that our electricity usage is 7% higher than expected for our neighborhood and they asked if they could perform an audit to see if they could identify ways to lower our usage. I replied and asked if our bill was up to date. They replied yes. So I replied that until it isn’t, they could fuck themselves up the ass with a rabid porcupine.

      The Brad

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #3

        Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

        Half a percent.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

          Half a percent.

          LuFins DadL Offline
          LuFins DadL Offline
          LuFins Dad
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          @George-K said in 20% increase:

          Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

          Half a percent.

          Welcome to Pritzker’s Illinois. It will be worse with President Harris.

          The Brad

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          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

            @George-K said in 20% increase:

            Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

            Half a percent.

            Welcome to Pritzker’s Illinois. It will be worse with President Harris.

            George KG Offline
            George KG Offline
            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            @LuFins-Dad said in 20% increase:

            Welcome to Pritzker’s The Fat Man's Illinois. It will be worse with President Harris.

            I can say that, can't I? I mean, it's not like I'll offend anyone, right?

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • jon-nycJ Offline
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              jon-nyc
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              #6

              Welcome to The Other Fat Man’s Illinois.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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              • George KG George K

                I got an email that my monthly electric bill will be going up 20% starting next month.

                My year over year usage has not changed.

                CopperC Offline
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                Copper
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                @George-K said in 20% increase:

                My year over year usage has not changed.

                The wind is free, the windmills ain't cheap.

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                • JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
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                  #8

                  Whenever the new solar batteries come online, it will get better.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    Welcome to The Other Fat Man’s Illinois.

                    George KG Offline
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                    George K
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                    #9

                    @jon-nyc said in 20% increase:

                    Welcome to The Other Fat Man’s Illinois.

                    What?

                    Illinois has TWO fat men?

                    Doubly blessed we are.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      #10

                      Electricity in Illinois:

                      https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2024/01/11/new-electric-rates-for-comed-and-ameren-customers-in-2024/

                      And I searched for anything about ComEd rate increases (I was assuming you're ComEd). I found this:

                      https://energycentral.com/news/citizens-utility-board-statement-capacity-market-price-spike-will-impact-june-2025-com-ed-bills

                      @George-K

                      Eventually I also found something on your town, which seems to still be doing electric aggregation. They have opted for green energy with MC Squared, whose rate is more expensive than ComEd's and which is going up soon. Will send it via PM.

                      CUB on aggregation:

                      https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/electric_municipalaggregation/

                      I was very active with the implementation of aggregation in our town when it first came about, but AH has dropped out of the program because it was too expensive and all of us are ComEd customers unless we individually contract with other electricity suppliers. As the CUB link states, any resident can opt out of participating in a town's aggregation initiative and just go straight ComEd.

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                      • ? A Former User

                        Electricity in Illinois:

                        https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2024/01/11/new-electric-rates-for-comed-and-ameren-customers-in-2024/

                        And I searched for anything about ComEd rate increases (I was assuming you're ComEd). I found this:

                        https://energycentral.com/news/citizens-utility-board-statement-capacity-market-price-spike-will-impact-june-2025-com-ed-bills

                        @George-K

                        Eventually I also found something on your town, which seems to still be doing electric aggregation. They have opted for green energy with MC Squared, whose rate is more expensive than ComEd's and which is going up soon. Will send it via PM.

                        CUB on aggregation:

                        https://www.citizensutilityboard.org/electric_municipalaggregation/

                        I was very active with the implementation of aggregation in our town when it first came about, but AH has dropped out of the program because it was too expensive and all of us are ComEd customers unless we individually contract with other electricity suppliers. As the CUB link states, any resident can opt out of participating in a town's aggregation initiative and just go straight ComEd.

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                        George K
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                        @wtg said in 20% increase:

                        They have opted for green energy with MC Squared, whose rate is more expensive than ComEd's and which is going up soon. Will send it via PM.

                        5% more expensive per kWh.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • KlausK Offline
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                          Klaus
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                          You are all lucky bastards compared to the ridiculous money we have to pay per kWh over here.

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                          • JollyJ Offline
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                            Well, my local plant has two sides...One burns lignite, the other natural gas. Both are fairly plentiful down here, so rates aren't horrible.

                            My favorite time of the year is around the bend and I'll swap over to my wood heater. When that happens, maybe I can get the bill (I'm all electric) down to $75-$85.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              @George-K said in 20% increase:

                              Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

                              Half a percent.

                              Welcome to Pritzker’s Illinois. It will be worse with President Harris.

                              ? Offline
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                              A Former User
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #14

                              @LuFins-Dad said in 20% increase:

                              @George-K said in 20% increase:

                              Our usage kWh is up - 0.5% this year vs. last.

                              Half a percent.

                              Welcome to Pritzker’s Illinois. It will be worse with President Harris.

                              https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/16/editorial-rising-utility-rates-in-northern-illinois-are-no-different-from-tax-increases-lawmakers-follow-pritzkers-lead/

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