Might be. I have a 3500sqft house with a barn with a loft apartment basically that I use as an office for work every day and my electric bill is around 450 too, but I know I use a lot.

Yeah something going on.

We pushed back and added panels to our quoted system for this reason. Solpower was fine doing this since we were willing to pay for it. Granted this was seven years ago and maybe the state rules have changed but ask your installer?

Yeah. But isn’t that only part of the bill? We have a different provider (green solutions) but it’s still RIE getting a big fat chunk of that.

Sadly, sign on the door says "For Lease". Nothing inside.

Yeah I was able to squeeze in a Call to them a little while ago. Was expecting a much longer wait time on hold.

Thanks for the info, you providing a comparable really helps so I know where I “should be” for a monthly bill.

Do you have forced air or baseboard? What about well?

Wow thanks you saved me a bunch of trouble searching!

Not to laugh at your misfortune, but lol. Isn’t that just Classic utility behavior? I just got off the phone with RIE and they told me that I can switch providers.

I could practically hear this going on over the phone

Even salaried employees get bathroom and lunch breaks. Last time I called Rhode Island energy I got through in a few minutes and it was like 7pm on a Friday and it was a question about my bill. I think you’ll find time.

In Mass. Buddy had a huge increase. Called his electric company and they were like that's what you used. He asked for them to check the meter. Guy came out today and the meter was reading wrong and they replaced it with a digital. He may be able to recoup some of the charges. Longshot for sure.

kWh is up 200 yoy and 300 from prior month. Something’s fucky.

You can get subsidized surge protectors on the ri Energy website that auto switch off once the master device is off. So for instance when the computer is off all the other things like external harddrives, printer, monitors are cut from the power supply. Or tv, the Bluray, game systems (which use a lot when off), speakers whatever get cut from power. The have some slots for always on too for things like the router that you don't want turning on and off.

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That's smart

It’s disgusting how these things work. People are just too blinded to see it by their political affiliations. Questioning the party you identify with and their actions is like questioning the church in the dark ages.

No one is advocating for crimes against children that is disgusting. I am talking about income tax.

Don't look at the price, compare kwh used to last year. If it's the same amount of electricity then you don't have a problem device it's just the increase in the rate.

pachaug has lots of great dirt roads for sure!

If it plugs in (and isn't hard-wired), you could buy a Kill-A-Watt device and find out for sure.

Some local libraries have them -- see if yours does, then it would be free!

I did this recently. My electric bills became high when we moved. Neighbors (duplex) and surrounding neighbors bills would be under $100 with pools, hot tubs, etc. running. Our bill would be nearly $300 with no pools, hot tubs, etc.

They came out and had me shut off my electric to the house. Said they didn't understand why my bill was so high, but perhaps the landlord was willing to tear down the walls to make sure the electric wasn't being run from my apartment to the next apartment.

Said good luck! And left. We could have a second company come out and test the electric, at our cost.

I would investigate a bit as I have a 3800 sf house and my electric bill is under $150. I don’t unplug things not in use and two of us are working from home. Gas bill on the other hand is insane. Compare your usage to this time last year if you haven’t already and maybe have someone check out your well pump

Emporia vue meter

Yep

Woohoo! You're definitely winning!