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> To my understanding the old "postmarked" thing went away with the rise in electronic billing and companies must actually RECEIVE the check by the due date, or they can charge a late fee.

I've never had this issue they've always honored the post mark date.

I called UGI about it, and they said they reconcile the budgets at the end of the 12th month of the cycle. My mortgage does the same, although they do offer the option to pay monthly or all at once. UGI didn't.

Yeah I have no idea, I make pretty good money so we can some what afford it, don’t like it, but can pay it. I have no idea how middle class families and lower are surviving right now.

Tech industry.

This is why I will NEVER sign up for any auto payments out of my bank account.

But that should have been evened out over the next budgetary cycle, not paid all at once.

Call the unemployment people directly! Ask the people who work there. Yeah yeah, it will be busy, I know. So call, call, call.

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Are you on budget billing by chance? Mine was $200 higher, almost had a heart attack! But it was because I was billed $200 less than my actual 2022 usage so I had a budget shortfall.

You should get information from L&I on your job search requirements in the mail shortly after you file the first week in which you are eligible for benefits, and also receive notifications on the PA UC claims portal when logged in.

It’s been more than a few years since I worked in that space, so if you are really concerned I’d reach out to your state rep or senator’s district office and ask this exact question. That contact information is available on the PA legislative website if you use the find my legislator tool and search by home address.

Best of luck.

Out of curiosity, what industry did you work in?

I’ve lived in my home for 2.5 years. The most energy I used in any month was 2500kWh. PPL billed me for 7500kWh on my current bill.

I unfortunately am in the Pittsburgh media market, where the Post-Gazette is run by a bunch of Trump nuts. It’s a shame, it used to be a great paper. Even if there’s stuff like this buried somewhere in there I just don’t want to support the owners. I would honestly love to be able to subscribe to a short (no more than 10-15 pages per issue), maybe bi-weekly + sunday issue type of physical paper, if there were one reliably covering events that I’m interested around here. Other than Reddit I’m not on social media anymore so I end up not consuming nearly as much news as I used to, and the stories that end up getting my attention tend to be higher quality.

Given hotter and wetter weather, existing animal populations face fragmented habitats as those habitats migrate due to those factors. Essentially animal populations are being pushed towards existing man-made obstacles.

You also have to remember that as people migrate from rural to urban areas, the suburbs expand outward into rural land as development to accommodate those new people takes place. This presents a huge issue regarding the cost to preserve open space as developers gobble up parcels.

It’s not like rural development is a non-issue, either, as warehousing and distribution centers have exploded in recent years in rural PA due to cheap land and relatively easy access to highways.

Uber eats is generous w messed up orders I think. Delivering a large (cord) of wood is expensive for everyone. Load and unload and then find out it's smoky af maybe a month after delivery. That's an expensive mistake. And is also subjective. My wood standards are different than the next guy. Also Uber eats delivers daily and I might get a cord or 2 max each winter for 2500 sf house. Last, in nyc everyone delivers and always has, no need for an app. The food comes from a block or 2 away max or it's cold. The delivery guy comes up the 5 flights of stairs so you don't have to.

Time to start really screaming. I know I am. Our usage was absolutely WAY down- and yet it's not? Something is badly, badly wrong.

Do you subscribe to any regional/local papers of record? They tend to have a decent amount of these types of articles, but rarely get much play on aggregators and social media channels generally for several reasons. I’m a Philadelphia Inquirer subscriber, and they routinely call attention to these kinds of beneficial efforts by good people.

As you mentioned, you’re less likely to see much of that on the local TV news, where the “if it bleeds it leads” moniker is a real thing to drive ratings.

I’ve gone on rants about how reporting costs money, and the pay per click ad model broke that understanding in the public, and how that’s harmed our democracy immensely, but yeah.

Btw the people that report for patch and similar outlets make horrible wages and should be celebrated their sacrifices and passion.

Most of the time. Heating w wood can make sense in limited circumstances but mostly it's just nice ambiance and my gf likes to snuggle. 😍

100%! This is exactly the feedback that I am looking for. Do you think there's any correlations to take from food delivery apps where users could also pick up the phone but choose to order online instead? Offering delivery services is one of the options we are considering, but first want to determine if there's enough unmet demand from consumers looking to buy online. For the record, 100,000+ people look for firewood online every month, so that's one data point. But of course the real world operates differently.

Whoa. My elderly mother's oil bill was 350 last winter ( SMALL apartment), last bill this year 700.

This is ALL out of control. How in hell are we supposed to PAY this? All of us. I remember seeing what they're paying in Texas and thinking " Wow glad that's not us " It's getting there.

The number of fireplaces in reasonable distance of the wood seller is fixed. Your app won't bring any more fireplaces to the market.

Just me and my dog and my PPL bill was $550 last month 😂

The minute you connect the buyer and the seller they don't need to complete the transaction via the app unless you are delivering it. Once they have done business one time they can pick up the phone. The fireplace isn't moving and the person selling the wood isn't either. Just stuff to consider.
If the people are serious about wood for heat they are looking for high quality seasoned wood bc a load of green or poorly seasoned or mixed wood is really a pain. For that reason they are going to go back to the same person they trust vs using an app to shop. One load of bad wood is painful. (We heated with wood in Lanc city row house in the 80s w a Swedish combo stove, I was the free labor to stack wood and manage the firebox. Many more trips w bad wood than a quality seasoned hardwood)

I don't mean to rain on your parade btw. But don't spend money on development wo thinking thru some of these issues.

Lol well you have to light it up first! Interesting though, just buying it for the ambiance?

I just ordered a bundle from Instacart. Wood is designed to look cute and romantic but won't keep ya warm.